Situated in the very heart of viennas city center the albertina museum houses one of the most important art collections of the world founded in 1776 the museum today owns masterpieces by da vinci raphael michelangelo duerer rembrandt etc these collections are presented in temporary exhibitions the batliner collection from monet to picasso is permanentely on display and shows the most important works by artists from the age of modernism the habsburg historic staterooms of the alberti