3 hotels in this category

Art Hotels

Hotels where the collection is part of the building, not an afterthought in the corridor.

Vienna, Austria

Hotel Altstadt Vienna

Walk in and the art arrives before the reception desk does. Hotel Altstadt Vienna is a family-run house in Neubau, a few streets from the MuseumsQuartier, and its owner has spent years filling it with contemporary Austrian and international work.

No two rooms are furnished the same way. Some were shaped by guest designers, others by the owner's own taste, and pieces from the collection turn up on landings and in the breakfast salon. It feels closer to staying in a collector's apartment than in a gallery.

Family-run
Private collection
7th district

Dublin, Ireland

The Dean Dublin

The Dean sits on Harcourt Street, just off St Stephen's Green. Contemporary work by Irish artists hangs throughout, and the tone is young and a little loud in the best way.

Rooms run from small, cleverly planned doubles to larger suites. Up top, a rooftop restaurant looks out over the Georgian roofline toward the Dublin Mountains. Staying here puts the city's galleries and theatres within a short walk.

Rooftop restaurant
Irish artists
Harcourt Street

Denver, United States

The ART, a hotel

Few hotels announce their purpose so plainly in the name. The ART stands in Denver's Golden Triangle, beside the Denver Art Museum, and carries a collection of modern and contemporary pieces through its public spaces and floors.

Reception is lifted away from the street, opening onto a terrace with views across the civic centre. Guest rooms are calm and generous in size. Several museums and the central library are a short stroll away.

Golden Triangle
Modern collection
Museum neighbour