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1 Volkskunde
Museum
Laudongasse 15–19. Map 1 B4.
MUSEUM AND HOFBURG Tel 4068905. % Rathaus. @ 13A.
TOWNHALL QUARTER v 3, 33. Open 10am–5pm Tue–
QUARTER
Sun. Closed 1 Jan, Easter Mon,
1 May, 1 Nov, 25 Dec. & 7 0
OPERA AND ∑ volkskundemuseum.at
NASCHMARKT
Locator Map The charming Museum of
K O C H G A S S E L A U D O N G A S S E that Vienna has a history
See Street Finder maps 1, 3 and 5
Austrian Folklore is a reminder
beyond imperialism. Here you
will find artifacts reflecting the
culture and daily life of people
in Austria and neighbouring
countries. Exhibits include
objects dating from the 17th
to 19th centuries. The museum
is housed in the 18th-century
Schönborn Palace, designed by
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt
1 . Volkskunde as a two-storey mansion and
Museum
The Schönborn Palace altered in 1760 by Isidor
houses exhibits Canevale. Today it has a rather
examining folklore and imposing façade with statuary
rural life in Austria. running along its top. It has
a popular, reasonably priced
restaurant that serves dishes
made with organic produce
Schönborn Park There is a pleasant park behind
F L O R I A N I G A S S E
is a secluded, leafy the palace.
retreat. Among the
sculptures is a bust (1974) 2 Alte Backstube
of the composer Edmund
L A N G E G A S S E Eysler by Leo Gruber. Lange Gasse 34. Map 1 B5. % Rathaus.
@ 13A. Closed to the public.
One of the finest middle-class
houses in Vienna was built at
No. 34 Lange Gasse in 1697
by the jeweller Hans Bernhard
Leopold. The sandstone
M A R I A T R E U G A S S E
sculpture above the doorway
symbolizes the Holy Trinity.
Inside is an old bakery, the
Alte Backstube, which was in
continuous use from 1701 to
No. 53 Lange Gasse has 1963. Since then the building
handsome statuary on its gates. It served as a restaurant and
was built in the early 18th century museum. The original baking
when Vienna was expanding ovens were never removed,
beyond the old city walls. but ceased to be used for
baking. Today, the former
musuem awaits renovation
and the interior is closed to
the public, though visitors still
The Schnattl Restaurant, come to see the fine exterior.
occupying the spacious A few doors away, at No. 29,
ground floor and courtyard
of an old house on Lange 0 metres 50 glance into the courtyard to see
Gasse, is one of Vienna’s 0 yards 50 the rows of single-storey houses
finest (see p215). facing each other – a rare slice
of working-class Vienna that is
more than 200 years old.

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