Museums Quartier - Wien
 
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Leopold Museum (a floor area of 12.900 sq. m is divided between 5.400 sq. m for exhibition halls span five levels and 900 sq. m storage space) - The building presents itself as a stone cube faced in white Vraza limestone (Danube limestone from Bulgaria) and seems to merge with the with stone surface of the main courtyard. The cube extends 24 meters above the ground and 13 meters below. As it is positioned slightly an a diagonal, the Leopold Museum parallels the structures of the historic buildings. The Leopold Museum presents the world’s most important collections of modern Austrian art, encompassing well over 5.000 pieces.
 
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