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Set the stage for Linz. Culture of the highest quality can be seen and experienced here. Always and everywhere, virtual or real.

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Lentos Art Museum Linz

The Lentos Art Museum Linz, which opened in May 2003, is considered one of the most important museums of modern and contemporary art in Austria.

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Lentos Art Museum Linz

The modern architecture by Weber + Hofer is captivating not only in daylight. The illuminated glass facade of the museum also sets a special accent in the urban surroundings at night.

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Culture Mile Along the Danube

With the Lentos Art Museum another important component is added to the culture mile along the Danube. Other fixtures are the Brucknerhaus, the Stifter House, the Art University Linz and, on the opposite bank, the Ars Electronica Center.

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Lentos Art Museum Linz

Daylight streams through the expansive exhibition spaces on the upper floor of Lentos.

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Brucknerhaus

With its timeless architecture, the house of music by the Danube has become a landmark of Linz. The concert halls paneled with light wood offer space for 1800 music lovers.

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Ars Electronica Center:

With its LED façade lighting system the new Ars Electronica Center’s exterior is a work of art too. The debut of this spectacular addition to the Linz cityscape opens the next chapter of Ars Electronica’s 30-year success story.

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Ars Electronica Center:

The new Ars Electronica Center makes an impressive statement architecturally and functionally as well, with lots of new content and innovative ways of presenting it.

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Linz Cloud of Sound

When the whole Danube area becomes an expansive part of the show for the opening of the Bruckner Festival, tens of thousands of culture enthusiasts head for the Danube every year.

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Posthof – Contemporary Culture at the Harbor

By the harbor in Linz, Posthof has developed into one of the largest and most vibrant event venues for contemporary culture in Austria. The program covers a broad spectrum of contemporary culture, ranging from concerts of the most diverse styles of music, cabaret, theater, all the way to contemporary dance and literature.

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Nordico – Museum of the City of Linz

The baroque building built in 1607 today serves as the city museum. Nordico offers a survey of the archeology, art and cultural history of the city of Linz. With constantly changing special exhibitions, such as unconventional natural history exhibitions, Nordico attracts considerable attention.

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LinzGenesis – City History in Fast Forward

In the Old City Hall visitors can enjoyably and informatively cover centuries in fast forward mode. Significant citations from the history of Linz are prepared with audiovisual effects. A Celtic wall and unusual grave findings document the multicultural society of Linz from the end of antiquity through the age of migration up to present-day Linz, the city of media and technology.

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Museum of the Province – Francisco Carolinum

The Francisco Carolinum is the main building of the Museum of the Federal Province of Upper Austria, offering two special exhibitions from the fields of art and natural sciences. The Gallery of the Province, founded by Adalbert Stifter, is located on the second floor.

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Art University Linz

Art in an industrial environment is a special characteristic of Linz: the University of Artistic and Industrial Design sets the accents here. With ten courses of study and three training courses, the University offers various education possibilities for artistic and creative professions. The Art University building in the Main Square is often the starting point for unusual art actions.

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Theater of the Province

From the classics of theater and opera to operetta, musicals, ballet, and theater for children and young people – what the Theater of the Federal Province offers conjoins tradition and modernity. Four venues, the "Large House", the "Chamber Theater", the "u\hof:" and the "Eisenhand", create the right ambient for every play.

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O.K Center for Contemporary Art

With its workshops and performance halls, the O.K is an artistic experimental laboratory, platform and meeting place for the most diverse forms of culture. National and international artists are invited to live and work here and subsequently present their works to the Upper Austrian public. Vibrant contemporary art is created here, which redefines a conventional understanding of art.

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Architecture Forum Upper Austria

With the newly renovated "public soup kitchen", the City of Linz provided the Architecture Forum with a venue for events and production in the center of the city. Current trends in international architecture and historical and regional topics are presented and debated here and explored in workshops and seminars.

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Theater Phönix

An original way of dealing with current social political topics and a broad range of forms of theater are the trademarks of Theater Phönix. The program includes performances of contemporary authors as well as unusual interpretations or new productions of classic works.

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CONTACT

Bärbel  Wagner
Stadtkommunikation Linz
Altes Rathaus, Hauptplatz 1
4020 

phone: +43 732 7070 1370
fax: +43 732 7070 54 1370
E-Mail: baerbel.wagner@mag.linz.at

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