Francisco-Carolinum, Art museum in Linz, Austria
The Francisco-Carolinum is an art museum in Linz that displays modern and historical artworks across several floors in a building featuring Historicist architecture. Exhibition spaces are distributed through stairs and elevators, showing a mix of permanent and rotating collections.
The museum was founded in 1895 when Emperor Franz Joseph inaugurated a new building by architect Bruno Schmitz designed to house regional art collections. This new structure was part of Linz's modernization efforts at the end of the 19th century.
The museum displays works by regional artists and devotes particular attention to Upper Austrian art history. Visitors can see how local artistic traditions have developed over time.
The museum is located near public transportation and is accessible by elevators throughout its exhibition areas. Visitors should allow two to three hours for a thorough visit.
The museum manages a collection significantly affected by political circumstances between 1938 and 1945, and has since worked actively to transparently document artwork provenance. This reckoning is visible in the open communication about the history of individual artworks.
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