museums
Albertina Graphic Arts Collection
The Albertina Graphic Arts Collection is perhaps the largest and most
important graphic collection in the world. It owns about 60.000 drawings and
about a million graphic reproductions.
Albrecht Dürer's famous "Rabbit" from the year 1502 is only one example of
its many masterpieces. You will find works by Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens or Claude
Lorrain, Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet and Paul Cézanne. 20th century
Austrian artists like Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt or Oskar Kokoschka are
accessible to public scrutiny. more
Belvedere Palace The two
magnificient palaces on the Belvedere grounds lie in the middle of a
splendid park. They were constructed for Prince Eugene of Savoy by J.L. von
Hildebrandt, a famous Baroque architect. At this time the Belvedere Palaces
were still located outside Vienna's defences, but today they are a part of
Vienna`s third district which is not far away from the very centre of
Vienna. The Palaces' architecture and interior design are typical for Rococo
style. more
House of Music - Haus der Musik
Mozart - Conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra:
At the 'Haus der Musik' (House of Music) you can try out your conducting
skills and virtually conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra!
Thanks to modern technology you can get insights into Mozart's conducting
technique and 'work' on your own. You can also add sounds to "A Little Night
Music" and take home your remix on CD!
But that's only one attraction in a fascinating museum on sound and music...
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Mozarthaus Vienna At his
apartment in Domgasse 5, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived for some happy and
prolific years from 1784 to 1787 composing "The Impesario" and "The Marriage
of Figaro" and other major works. In no other flat the famous composer lived
for that long, a sure sign of his attachment to the house. The house was
reopened after extensive renovations on January 27th, 2006 - the exact date
of the 250th anniversary. more
Technisches Museum Wien With
about 22.000 sqm of exhibition space Vienna's 'Technisches Museum' belongs
to the city's big players and is a definite must for visitors interested in
the technical issues. The museum aims at introducing the world of technics
to anybody from specialist to layman. There's a special emphasis on the
interaction of technical developments with nature and human life-style, on
energy issues and on traffic. more
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