MUMOK - an abbreviation of "Museum Moderner Kunst" - Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation in Vienna. It is located in the museum district.

The museum has a collection of 7,000 works of contemporary art, including major works are represented by Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Gerhard Richter, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, and others.

MUMOK was opened September 20, 1962 as "The Museum of the 20th Century" at the Swiss Garden. The building served as a former exhibition hall. The first director - founder of the museum - was Werner Hofmann. Within a few years, he succeeded in acquiring important works of classical modernism and in sequential build-up existing collection. From 1979 to 1989 director of the museum has been an art critic Dieter Rhondda.

At its present location, in the heart of Vienna's Museum of Modern Art opened its doors to visitors on September 15, 2001. Cubic basalt museum building was designed in an architectural office Ortner and Ortner. Outside, the building looks like a dark, closed block, the roof is low and curved edges. The exhibition area of ​​the museum is 4800 square meters and includes more than 7,000 works.

Since its inception, its primary mission of the museum considers the preservation and expansion of the collections of the 20th and 21st centuries, and support for innovative research. One of the major problems has been and remains the desire to convey the historical and theoretical basis of arts in public education in the form of publications and scientific events. Museum sees one of its main tasks in the coordination of the thematic exhibitions that allow a deeper understanding of the art.

As the largest museum in Austria, covering the period since the advent of modernism, MUMOK promotes the integration of important Austrian position in the international context. As a public institution, the Museum is committed to cooperation in solving social and political problems.