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Vienna’s Albertina Evacuates Artworks

Published: June 25, 2009
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A delicate watercolor of a hare done by Albercht Dürer in 1502 was one of the first artworks at the Albertina to be relocated.

VIENNA—Following some of the hardest rains Vienna has seen in years, the Albertina Museum will evacuate 950,000 artworks from its leaking underground storage space. The process starts today.

The collection, which includes works by Monet, Renoir, Michelangelo, and Rubens, will be moved from Vienna to another location in Austria. So far, no damage to any artworks has been reported. One of the museum's prize possessions, a delicate watercolor of a hare done by Albercht Dürer in 1502, has already been successfully relocated.

Read more at Reuters.

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