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includ ing firm exhibits from Roman Salzburg,
favourites, the or Juvavum, are also interesting;
dinosaurs. Other there are fragments of mosaics,
themes include including one depict ing the
“men and animals abduction of Europa, and
in myths and fairy numerous archi tectural features
tales”, “the cosmos’’ and statues.
and “forest Also worth seeing are
animals”. Finally, paintings by the Baroque
the treasury room masters Paul Troger and Johann
displays equip­ Michael Rottmayr, as well as
The Mozarteum building, Salzburg’s conservatoire ment needed for those by Hans Makart, who
gold­panning, as was born in Salzburg in 1840.
P Mozarteum well as crystalline forms of Separate departments are
Schwarzstrasse 26. Tel (0662) 88 940­0. precious gems and stones. devoted to handicrafts, coins
8 ∑ mozarteum.at and musical instruments.
In 1870 the International E Salzburg Museum
Foundation of Mozarteum was Neue Residenz Mozartplatz 1. P Festspielhäuser
established here to celebrate Tel (0662) 620808­700. Hofstallgasse 1. Tel (0662) 80450.
the life and works of Salzburg’s Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sun. & Open 2pm daily for guided
favourite composer. Today, the ∑ salzburgmuseum.at tours only.
Mozarteum stages frequent This Salzburg Museum was In 1606, Archbishop Wolf
concerts, is home to a renow­ founded in 1834 by the amateur Dietrich von Raitenau started
ned music school and helps collector and treasury official, building the palace stables on
manage the Mozart museums: Vinzenz Maria Süss, who donated the site of a former barracks. The
Mozarts Geburtshaus and his collections to the town. It was north façade was designed by
Mozart­Wohnhaus. named after the Bavarian Johann Bernhard Fischer von
The Mozarteum was built in Princess Caroline Augusta, who, Erlach. The marble fountain,
1910–14 to a design by archi­ in 1850 took over the stewardship Pferdeschwemme (horses’
tect Richard Berndl. In the of the museum’s collections. trough), in the stable yard,
grounds stands the cottage in The most exciting items on was built in 1695.
which Mozart wrote the opera display date back to Celtic times In 1917, it was decided that
The Magic Flute, brought here and include a Celtic pitcher Salzburg should host
from Vienna. Some departments from the Dürnberg area a theatre and opera
are housed in the completely and a Bronze­ festival, and
rebuilt former palace of Age helmet the stables
Archbishop Lodron next to from the Lueg were con­
the foundation’s gardens. Pass. The verted into
E Haus der Natur
Museumsplatz 5. Tel (0662) 842653.
Open 9am–5pm daily. & - 7
∑ hausdernatur.at
Enormous fun for all the family,
the Natural History Museum
has a huge collection of fauna
spread across 90 rooms and
five floors. As well as exhibitions
describing Earth’s animals, the
museum has a space centre, an
aquarium and a reptile zoo.
The museum’s galleries are
arranged thematically. In “sea
world”, a gigantic aquarium
recreates conditions that closely
resemble the natural habitat of
various water creatures. The
reptile zoo’s 33 terraria house
some of the most exciting
snakes from around the world.
There are also huge rooms
simulating the natural habitat of
Mississippi alliga tors and the
lost worlds of Jurassic creatures, Pferdeschwemme (horses’ trough) fountain at the Grosses Festspielhaus
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp297–8 and pp322–3

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