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natural habitat of area and a Bronze-age helmet
Mississippi alliga- from the Lueg Pass. The
tors and the lost exhibits from Roman Salzburg,
worlds of Jurassic or Juvavum, are also interesting;
creatures, includ- there are fragments of mosaics,
ing ever-popular including one depicting the
dinosaurs. Other abduction of Europa, and
themes include numerous architectural features
“men and animals and statues.
in myths and fairy Also worth seeing are
tales”, “the cosmos’’ paintings by the Baroque
The Mozarteum building, Salzburg’s Conservatoire and “forest animals”. masters, Paul Troger and Johann
Finally, the treasury Michael Rottmayr, as well as
P Mozarteum room displays equipment those by Hans Makart, who
Schwarzstrasse 26. Tel (0662) 88 940-0. needed for gold-panning, as was born in Salzburg in 1840.
In 1842 Mozart’s home town well as crystalline forms of Separate departments are
erected a monument to the precious gems and stones. devoted to handicrafts, coins
composer and, in 1870, the and musical instruments.
International Foundation of E Salzburg Museum
Mozarteum was established Neue Residenz Mozartplatz 1. P Grosses Festspielhaus
here to promote his music. Tel (0662) 620808-700. Hofstallgasse 1. Tel (0662) 80450.
Today, the Mozarteum holds Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sun. & Open 2pm daily for guided
a collection of his letters, and ∑ salzburgmuseum.at tours only.
it is also one of the foremost This History Museum was In 1606, Archbishop Wolf
music schools in Europe. founded in 1834 by the amateur Dietrich von Raitenau started
In the grounds of the collector and treasury official, building the palace stables on
conservatoire stands the cottage Vinzenz Maria Süss, who donated the site of the former barracks.
in which Mozart wrote the his collections to the town. It was The north façade was designed
opera The Magic Flute, brought named after the Bavarian by Johann Bernhard Fischer
here from Vienna. The main Princess Caroline Augusta, who, von Erlach. The marble fountain,
building of the Mozarteum in 1850, took over the stewardship or Pferdeschwemme (horses’
was designed by the architect of the museum’s collections. trough), in the stable yard,
Richard Berndl, and built in The most exciting items was built in 1695.
1910–14. Some departments on display date back to In 1917, it was decided
are housed in the completely Celtic times and that Salzburg
rebuilt former palace of include a Celtic should host
Archbishop Lodron next to pitcher from a theatre
the Foundation gardens. the Dürnberg and opera
E Haus der Natur
Museumsplatz 5. Tel (0662) 842653.
Open 9am–5pm daily. &
∑ hausdernatur.at
The quarters that were once
occupied by the Ursuline
Sisters are now the home of
the Natural History Museum,
one of the most interesting and
fun places to visit in Salzburg.
The vast complex, consisting of
more than 90 rooms arranged
on five floors, houses a great
variety of fauna.
Individual sections of the
museum are arranged
thematically. In “Sea World”, a
gigantic aquarium recreates the
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 The Pferdeschwemme (horses’ trough) fountain in the Grosses Festspielhaus
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp297–8 and pp322–3

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