Both the upper and lower palaces of the Belvedere feature museums devoted to Austrian art. In fact, the building itself is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture. The Museum of Austrian Baroque Art displays 17th and 18th century paintings and sculptures. Highlights from the museum include the Hall of Mirrors, a room covered with large, gilt-framed mirrors, and the "Hall of Grotesques" where bizarre paintings inspired by ancient Roman frescoes are displayed.

This museum houses furnishings collected over the years by the Habsburg family. Cabinetwork from the Biedermeier era, furniture from the ceremonial drawing room of Prince Edward of Savoy, and models of the Laxenburg palace's bedrooms are among the royal treasures displayed. The 19th century imperial throne is also on view.

The Art Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts focuses on an important selection of works by the Old Masters. Hieronymus Bosch's impressive altarpiece triptych "Last Judgment" is the hallmark of this gallery. Flemish and Italian painters are well represented, and the collection includes works by Guardi, Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Titian.

The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the best in Europe. Over the centuries, the Habsburgs assembled a diverse collection of great art from around the world. Acquisitions by such Old Masters as Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, Vermeer, Titian, and Velasquez are the hallmark of the collection that also includes treasures from Oriental, Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquity. With almost two miles of corridors, allow more than a day to view the collections.

Styled in the manner of an Italian Renaissance palazzo, the entrance of this "House of Artists" is lined with marble statues of Velasquez, Raphael, da Vinci, Titian, Michelangelo, and Rubens. Founded by the Vienna Artists Society in the 19th century, the gallery is currently used for art exhibitions featuring contemporary Austrian painters. It also houses a theater/cinema.