As you know Vienna has an incredible art history scene, but surprise, they have just as much modern art scene here! Last Sunday was Mumok’s Dorotheumstag, which essentially provides free entries with hourly tours of the museum. Normally Mumok is one of the more expensive museums in Vienna: 11 euros for adults and 7.50 euros for students. But Mumok had an free opening for the day on the 16th due to partnership with Dorotheum. The free entry included their current exhibitions such as Painting 2.0. Besides the free entry, they provided hourly tours and a bit of art education on modern art from their with Mumok’s curators.

I spent about two hours for two different tours at 15:00 and 16:00. The first tour is at Hyperlinked and their current exhibithion: Painting 2.0. Then the second tour was on pioneers of postwar modernism. The event started at 11:00 and ended at 18:00, and the whole event consisted of the repetition of these two types of tours. Normally, I would not pay for the tour in addition to the ticket, but this time, score!

Well, like this event, many museums in Vienna provides free entry days or free tours or special exhibitions (for free of course!). You just need to look for those events online and keep your calender marked! Usually, I just keep my eyes peeled for those events on facebook (as much as I want to stop using facebook, it is still a great tool for those public events. So why not try something for free and cultured this weekend!?