Collecting for the Future: 250 Years of the Albertina Museum

It includes over one million objects, numbers among the world’s most important collections of graphic art, and was founded 250 years ago: the collection of the ALBERTINA Museum. This onceprivate collection has long since become a world-class museum. That it was Albert of Saxe-Teschen who laid its cornerstone in 1776 is well known. This exhibition, however, sheds light specifically on female contributions to this world-famous collection for the first time. The focus here is on Marie Christine, the favorite daughter of Empress Maria Theresia, and how she worked together with her husband Albert…