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by artists and designers of the
early 20th century. Room after
room is filled with outstanding
furnishings and royal domestic
objects, ranging from a faithful
recreation of Empress Elisabeth’s
Schönbrunn Palace apartments
to a simple folding throne that
was used while travelling. The
exhibits, which range from the
mundane to the priceless and
often eccentric, provide a
fascinating and evocative
insight into the everyday lives
of the imperial family.

0 Haydn Museum
Haydngasse 19. Map 3 A3.
Tel 5961307. % Zieglergasse.
Open 10am–1pm & 2–6pm Tue–Sun.
Closed Mon, public hols. &
The Majolikahaus, one of the Wagner Apartments ∑ wienmuseum.at
7 Wagner unknown, but the church dates As with many of the museums
Apartments from 1739. The façade is an dedicated to composers, the
austere pyramidal structure, Haydn Museum does not
Linke Wienzeile 38 & 40. Map 3 C2. rising to a bulbous steeple, and have a very comprehensive
% Kettenbrückengasse.
has some lively Rococo reliefs collection of exhibits: only a
Overlooking the Naschmarkt set into the walls. few copies of documents and
are two remarkable apartment Across the street at No. 45 is scores, a piano and clavichord.
buildings. Designed by Otto the house where the playwright Haydn built this house in
Wagner in 1899, they represent Ferdinand Raimund was born in what was then a new suburb
the apex of Jugendstil (see 1790. Its cobbled courtyard is of Vienna with money he had
pp56–9). No. 38 has sparkling lined with shops. earned from his successful visits
gilt ornament, mostly by Kolo Mariahilfer Kirche is named to London between 1791 and
Moser. No. 40, which is called after a 16th-century cult of the 1795. He lived here from 1797
the Majolikahaus after the Virgin Mary which was founded until his death in 1809 and it
glazed pottery used for the at the Mariahilfer Kirche at was here that he composed
weather-resistant surface Passau. The Viennese church many of his major works,
decoration, is the more is in the Baroque style and is including The Creation and The
striking. The façade has dominated by two towers with Seasons. There is also a room
subtle flower patterns in pink, large steeples. that contains some furniture
blue and green. Even the sills and mementoes
are moulded and decorated. 9 Kaiserliches belonging to
No. 42 next door, in historicist Johannes
style (see pp34–5), shows Hof mobiliendepot Brahms.
what the Secession was Andreasgasse 7. Map 3 A2.
reacting against. Tel 5243357. % Zieglergasse.
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. &
8 Mariahilfer ∑ hofmobiliendepot.at
Strasse The imperial furniture
collection, founded by
Map 3 A3 & 5 A5. % Zieglergasse,
Neubaugasse. Stiftkirche: Open Maria Theresa in 1747,
7:30am–6pm Mon–Fri, 7am–11pm gives an intimate
Sat, 8:30am–9:30pm Sun. Mariahilfer portrait of the Habsburg
Kirche: Open 8am–7pm Mon–Sat, way of life, as well as a
8:30am–7pm Sun. detailed historical
record of Viennese interior
This is one of Vienna’s busiest, decoration and cabinet-
pedestrianized shopping streets. making in the 18th and 19th
On the corner of Stiftgasse centuries. Also included in the Antique wheelchair in the Kaiserliches
is the Stiftkirche. The architect is collection are pieces created Hofmobiliendepot

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