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1830), the oldest y Kirche am
typewriter (Mitterhofer, Steinhof
1860), the ship’s
propeller, designed by Baumgartner Höhe 1. Tel 91 060-11007.
Ressel in 1875, and the Open 4–5pm Sat, noon–4pm Sun.
first petrol-driven car @ 47A, 48A. & (free on Sat). 8 3pm
Sat, 4pm Sun & by appointment.
built in the same year
by Siegfried Marcus. A
major section features At the edge of the Vienna Woods
displays on computer rises the conspicuous copper
technology and oil- dome of the astonishing Church
Brahms’ Room in the Haydnhaus and gas-refining, as at Steinhof. Built in 1902–7 by
well as a recon struc- Otto Wagner, the church is
e Haydnhaus ted coal mine. considered to be one of the most
Haydngasse 19. Tel 59 61 307. The Railway Museum, which is important works of the Secession.
% Zieglergasse. @ 57A. Open 10am– an integral part of the museum, It is an integral part of the large
1pm, 2–6pm Tue–Sun. Closed 1 Jan, houses a large collection of mental hospital complex, also
1 May, 25 Dec. & imperial railway carriages and designed by Wagner, who laid
engines. Its prize exhibit is the out the church to facilitate access
Haydn built this house in what carriage used by Franz Joseph I’s for disabled churchgoers.
was then a new suburb with wife, the Empress Elisabeth. The church, dedicated to
money that he had earned on The Post Office Museum displays St Leonard, is clad in marble
his successful trips to London the world’s first postcard – an with copper nailhead ornament,
between 1791 and 1795. Austrian invention. and has spindly screw-shaped
He lived in the house from A huge lighthouse at the pillars topped by wreaths
1797 until his death in 1809, entrance recalls the Habsburg supporting the porch, and four
and composed many major Empire’s once formidable stone columns. The light and airy
works here, including The extent, from the Tatra Mountains interior is a single space with
Seasons and The Creation. to the Atlantic Ocean. shallow side chapels. Its main
The museum was extensively decoration consists of gold and
renovated and reopened in 2009 white friezes as well as gilt
to commemorate the 200-year t Schönbrunn nailhead and beautiful blue
anniversary of Haydn’s death. Palace stained-glass windows by
The exhibits include portraits, Koloman Moser. The altar
docu ments and original scores See pp114–15. mosaics are by Rudolf Jettmar.
as well as Haydn’s clavichord,
which was bought by Johannes
Brahms. The museum’s garden,
in the middle of Mariahilfer
Strasse, is open to the public.

r Museum of
Technology
Mariahilfer Strasse 212. Tel 89 998-0.
% Schönbrunn, Johnstrasse. v 10,
52, 58. @ 10A, 57A. Open 9am–
6pm Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm Sat, Sun
and hols. Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 1 Nov,
25 & 31 Dec. ∑ tmw.at
Originally founded by Franz
Joseph I in 1908, Vienna’s
Museum of Technology
covers a massive area since
its renovation in the 1990s.
The museum documents
technical progress over the
past centuries, from domestic
appliances to heavy industry,
with a particular emphasis on
Austrian engineers and scientists.
Exhibits include the world’s first
sewing machine (Madersperger, The Secession-style interior of the Kirche am Steinhof
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p294 and pp314–16

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