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The Applied Arts Glass by Josef Hoffmann in the
and Interiors Lobmeyr Museum
On display in the Austrian
Museum of Applied Arts is
a rich collection of the
decorative arts, including
Oriental carpets, medieval
ecclesiastical garments,
Biedermeier and Jugendstil
furniture, and the archives of
the Wiener Werkstätte. The
Wien Museum Karlsplatz
houses reconstructed versions
of the poet Franz Grillparzer’s
apartment as well as Adolf
Loos’s (see p94) drawing room.
In the Silber kammer of the
Hofburg is a dazzling array of Finding the Museums
dinner services collected by Natural History and
Science
the Habsburgs. The Lobmeyr Academy of Fine Arts p142
Museum exhibits glassware Still occupying the building Albertina p104
designed by Josef Hoffmann. constructed for it in the 19th Austrian Museum of Applied
century is the impressive Arts pp84–5
Naturhistorisches Museum, Belvedere pp154–9
which has mineralogy, zoology Bestattungsmuseum
p170
and dinosaur exhibits, and a Cathedral Museum p80
planetarium. The Josephinum Clock Museum p88
houses a range of wax Deutschordenskirche p78
anatomical models, while the Ephesos Museum p97
Technical Museum documents Geymüllerschlössel p162
the contribution Austria has Haus der Musik p82
made to developments in Heeresgeschichtliches
technology, ranging from Museum pp168–9
homemade items such as an Hofjagd und Rüstkammer
amateur wooden typewriter, p97
to the invention of the car. Josephinum p113
Klosterneuburg p163
Kriminalmuseum p166
Ethnology and Folklore
Picture clock in the Clock Museum Kunst Haus Wien p235
Vienna’s Museum of Ethnology Kunsthistorisches Museum
in the Hofburg, the Weltmuseum pp124–9
Specialist Museums Wien, contains objects from Leopold Museum p122
Clock enthusiasts should visit all over the world (see p97). Lobmeyr Museum p107
Museum of Modern Art Ludwig
the Clock Museum and the There are artifacts from Mexico, Foundation Vienna p122
Sobek Clock and Watch a collection of musical Naturhistorisches Museum
Collection at the Geymüller­ instruments, masks and textiles pp130–31
schlössel. Music is celebrated from the Far East, a collection Neidhart Fresco House p95
at the Sammlung Alter Musik­ from Benin in West Africa and Österreichisches Filmmuseum
instrumente, while the darker a section dedicated to Eskimo p230
side of life can be seen at the culture. The Volkskunde Sacred and Secular Treasuries
Kriminalmuseum, and at the Museum, housed in pp102–3
Bestattungsmuseum, which is the Schönborn Palace Sammlung Alter
dedicated to funeral customs, in Josefstadt, explores Musikinstrumente p97
burial rites and the Viennese traditional Austrian Secession Building p142
perspective on death. The folk culture Silberkammer p103
Heeresgeschichtliches through a Technical Museum p172
Museum explores Austria’s range of items, Volkskunde Museum
military past and the Hofjagd some dating p117
Weltmuseum Wien
und Rüstkammer exhibits from the 17th p97
historical weaponry. Other and 19th centuries. Wien Museum Karlsplatz
specialist museums include the p150
Österreichisches Filmmuseum Benin carving in the
and the Haus der Musik. Weltmuseum Wien

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