Secession Building

Also known as Wiener Secession

The Secession Building in Vienna's first district is an exhibition hall designed in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich, topped by a dome of 3,000 gilded laurel leaves that Viennese immediately nicknamed the "Golden Cabbage." The building was constructed by a group of artists including Klimt, Koloman Moser, and Josef Hoffmann who had resigned from the conservative

The Secession Building in Vienna is the 1897 exhibition hall of the artists who broke from the Kunstlerhaus to found the Vienna Secession, including Klimt, Moser, and Hoffmann. Designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich with a dome of 3,000 gilded laurel leaves, the building carries the inscription “To every age its art. To art its freedom.” The basement contains Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze, 34 meters of Art Nouveau painting from 1902 that is one of the most important works in Vienna. The upper floors host rotating contemporary art exhibitions. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00; adults approximately EUR 9.50. Five minutes from Karlsplatz.