Official review: This is the “New Wing” of Hofburg (Vienna)
HERITAGE. As the palace of Austria, Hofburg has served lineages of emperors for over 600 years. Which means – yes, the Habsburg monarchs included.
And now let’s explore this new wing, built in the nineteenth century and hasn’t been quite completed since then. As you step away from the garden you’ll quickly realize how it has been chopped into different uses:
There’s a separate entrance to the Museum of Musical Instrument and the Museum of Armory.
Enter through hallway and you’ll find yourself the door to the national library and the Papyrus Museum (closed during my visit unfortunately).
The rest of the wing is divided into two museums. On the northern side you’ll find the Ephesus Museum with artifacts from the actual city. Viennese institutions have been heavily involved in its excavation very soon after archaeologists have started work in 1895. The collection is made possible because the Ottoman government used to allow the exports of some of the finds.
In the middle of the wing is this newly-opened House of Austrian History, which celebrates the republic’s (est. 1918) centenary anniversary. If you find every time you’re to encounter the country’s history is another extravaganza of the Habsburg family, here’s at least something more contemporary and relevant to find yourself in.
The showcase divides the said period into chunks of decades and traces it from the early, troubling periods, followed by Nazism, the WWII, and Soviet invasions.
(An interesting discussion on multimedia censorship falls under the beginning years, with interactive displays on information manipulation as well as how Austria has been portrayed by other (hostile) countries.)
Time is asset: save it for better with 25-min museum tours. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.
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See: Ephesus Museum, "Hofburg" (Vienna)
And now let’s explore this new wing, built in the nineteenth century and hasn’t been quite completed since then. As you step away from the garden you’ll quickly realize how it has been chopped into different uses:
There’s a separate entrance to the Museum of Musical Instrument and the Museum of Armory.
Enter through hallway and you’ll find yourself the door to the national library and the Papyrus Museum (closed during my visit unfortunately).
The rest of the wing is divided into two museums. On the northern side you’ll find the Ephesus Museum with artifacts from the actual city. Viennese institutions have been heavily involved in its excavation very soon after archaeologists have started work in 1895. The collection is made possible because the Ottoman government used to allow the exports of some of the finds.
Clip: House of Austrian History, "Hofburg" (Vienna)
In the middle of the wing is this newly-opened House of Austrian History, which celebrates the republic’s (est. 1918) centenary anniversary. If you find every time you’re to encounter the country’s history is another extravaganza of the Habsburg family, here’s at least something more contemporary and relevant to find yourself in.
The showcase divides the said period into chunks of decades and traces it from the early, troubling periods, followed by Nazism, the WWII, and Soviet invasions.
(An interesting discussion on multimedia censorship falls under the beginning years, with interactive displays on information manipulation as well as how Austria has been portrayed by other (hostile) countries.)
Time is asset: save it for better with 25-min museum tours. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.
Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independent_blogger
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