Museum of the Cathedral and Diocese

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Museum of the Cathedral and Diocese

Religious Art of high quality

Stephansplatz 6
Durchgang Wollzeile
Vienna, Vienna 1010
+43 1 515 52 3689
http://www.dommuseum.at/

In 1933 the museum of the Cathedral and Diocese was opened, although 50 years before this, the necessity to realise such a museum was discussed. The 500 year history of St. Stephens Cathedral, 250 years after the victory against the Turkish army in Vienna, was the motive to realise the museum at that point. The collection houses unique objects of religious Austrian art of more than thousand years old. The museum presents objects which are not used in the churches any longer, or which are in danger of being stolen or destroyed in their churches. Since 1980 the valuable collection of modern art, Austrian and international pieces, as collected by Msgr. Otto Mauer, has been a part of the museum.

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