Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava: How to Visit and What to Do Nearby

The Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum sits on a peninsula jutting into the Danube River roughly 20 kilometers south of Bratislava, opened in 2000 through a partnership between Slovak art patron Vincent Polakovic and Dutch collector Gerard Meulensteen. The museum holds contemporary European art with particular strength in CoBrA movement painters including Karel Appel and Corneille. An outdoor sculpture park around the building holds roughly 50 large-scale works set against the river backdrop. Admission runs around 12 euros, and a seasonal ferry service connects the museum to central Bratislava. is just one of many options in Bratislava. Major attractions worth considering include Bratislava Castle (Bratislavsky Hrad), Bratislava Old Town (Stare Mesto), and Bratislava Old Town Hall (Stara Radnica).