LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM Wien

IMPACT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

The Second World War and its immediate aftermath sparked radical changes for the palace. In 1939, the princely family took up residence in Vaduz and also moved its art treasures there, an undertaking that was completed by 1948. Vienna was thus no longer a location for the Princely Collections, and a new use had to be found for the palace.

	1957 – 1978: Österreichisches Bauzentrum

	1979 – 2000: Museum of Modern Art

Österreichisches Bauzentrum in the Garden Palace, c. 1958.

1957 – 1978: Österreichisches Bauzentrum

From the year 1957 onwards, the princely palace served as a meeting place for the Austrian construction industry and private customers, the Österreichisches Bauzentrum (Austrian Building Centre) being headquartered there until 1978. It housed a permanent, regularly updated exhibition featuring a cross-section of all construction-related products and services offered by Austria’s trade and industry.

The Garden Palace while used by the Museum of Modern Art

1979 – 2000: Museum of Modern Art

On 26 April 1979, the princely palace became an annex to the Museum of the 20th Century, which was renamed the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation in 1991.

The privately owned works of Irene and Peter Ludwig from Aachen remained on display there until 1999. Afterwards the museum moved to the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna’s historic centre, where the collection was reopened to the public on 15 September 2001.



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