Official review: "Cathedral Museum" (Vienna)
LOCATION. It’s hard to miss this glassy storefront, having occupied the golden location of being next to St. Stephen’s Cathedral.
As you walk out of the church, turn right twice to circle around to its northern side. The museum is right across the pedestrian street.
CURATING STYLE. We’ve already seen many examples of cathedrals and their exhibitions living off in the past. They’re rather like depositories but yet a treasure trove so particularly fond of the medieval and the renaissance (example from last year alone: Brno’s Diocesan Museum and Augustinian Abbey Museum).
But now with these nostalgic settings it’s often easy to overlook these religious sites also as ongoing coffers of creators of wonderful stuff.
THEMES. We've already come across churches-as-art-gallery before - Tallinn’s St. Nicholas’ Church being one fine example. And here in the Cathedral Museum its mission is no less aggressive. Temporary showcases blend with permanent ones, occupying the same exhibition space. Novel art pieces exploring the theme of wounds (sprinkled with severed limbs occasionally) are purposefully bridged to the gallery’s ancient treasures through Jesus’ passion. Which means you'll have to read through its introductory text to make a good sense out of the experience.
GIFT. On entrance I’ve been given a box of bandage. Useful and relevant.
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
As you walk out of the church, turn right twice to circle around to its northern side. The museum is right across the pedestrian street.
Cathedral Museum, Vienna
CURATING STYLE. We’ve already seen many examples of cathedrals and their exhibitions living off in the past. They’re rather like depositories but yet a treasure trove so particularly fond of the medieval and the renaissance (example from last year alone: Brno’s Diocesan Museum and Augustinian Abbey Museum).
But now with these nostalgic settings it’s often easy to overlook these religious sites also as ongoing coffers of creators of wonderful stuff.
Clip: Cathedral Museum, Vienna
THEMES. We've already come across churches-as-art-gallery before - Tallinn’s St. Nicholas’ Church being one fine example. And here in the Cathedral Museum its mission is no less aggressive. Temporary showcases blend with permanent ones, occupying the same exhibition space. Novel art pieces exploring the theme of wounds (sprinkled with severed limbs occasionally) are purposefully bridged to the gallery’s ancient treasures through Jesus’ passion. Which means you'll have to read through its introductory text to make a good sense out of the experience.
GIFT. On entrance I’ve been given a box of bandage. Useful and relevant.
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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