The Museum of Art Fakes (german: Fälschermuseum) is a museum of faked and forged artworks that opened in

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in 2005. This small, privately run museum in the Landstraße district is the only one of its kind in the German-speaking world.Markt der Täuschungen: Ein Besuch im Fälschermuseum in Wien
Anja Witzke, ''Donaukurier'', 10 January 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2010. The exhibits include works by the renowned

Vermeer Johannes Vermeer ( , , see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. During his lifetime, he was a moderately succe ...

-forger

Han van Meegeren Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (; 10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II when ...

and the British

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Tom Keating Thomas Patrick Keating (1 March 1917 – 12 February 1984) was an English art restorer and famous art forger who claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings by over 100 different artists. The total estimated of the profits of his forgeries ...

, who claimed to have faked over 2,000 works by more than 100 different artists and deliberately inserted "time bombs" and

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s into his paintings. Also on display are items produced by Konrad Kujau, creator of the fake Hitler Diaries, as well as works by David Stein,

Elmyr de Hory Elmyr de Hory (born Elemér Albert Hoffmann; April 14, 1906 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger, who is said to have sold over a thousand art forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries g ...

, Eric Hebborn and

Lothar Malskat Lothar Malskat (May 3, 1913 – February 10, 1988) was a German painter and art restorer who repainted medieval frescoes of the Marienkirche in Lübeck, critically damaged during WWII. Life and career Malskat was a painter from Königsber ...

. In addition, the museum presents information on the history of the most famous forgeries, and the sometimes very dramatic fates of their creators.

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Museum of Art Fakes The Museum of Art Fakes (german: Fälschermuseum) is a museum of faked and forged artworks that opened in Vienna, Austria in 2005. This small, privately run museum in the Landstraße district is the only one of its kind in the German-speaking worl ...

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