mumok

Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok)
Established	2001
Location	Vienna, Austria
Website	http://www.mumok.at

mumok, full name "MUseum MOderner Kunst" (English: Museum of Modern Art) Foundation Ludwig Vienna, is a museum in the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria.

The museum has a collection of 7,000 modern and contemporary art works, including major works from Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Gerhard Richter, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. Over 230 art works were given to the museum by the German industrialist and art collector Peter Ludwig and his wife Irene in 1981.

The MUMOK regularly organizes special exhibitions and is known for its large collection of art related to Viennese Actionism.

External links

• mumok website
• Österreichische Ludwig-Stiftung für Kunst und Wissenschaft website

Coordinates: 48°12′13.4″N 16°21′26.8″E / 48.203722°N 16.357444°E / 48.203722; 16.357444