If you want to experience just how ostentatious and removed-from-reality Imperial life was, drop in to the Wagenburg. It’s basically a giant hall that’s home to what’s left of the Hapsburg’s transport fleet; carriages, sedans, sleighs and even a car.
The vehicles are simply lined up in the hall with small information signs on each (in […]
Like many great building projects from the Imperial past, a lack of money meant the original plans for the Technical Museum were never fully realized. Nevertheless, the museum rests in an imposing building not far from Schönbrunn Palace in the 14th district.
Officially opened in 1918, the museum was conceived by one Wilhelm Franz Exner, a […]
You can get some clue as to what awaits you in the Schatzkammer when you pass through the entrance to reach the ticket office and gift shop. It looks like the kind of door you see in bank vaults. And for good reason. The Imperial Treasury houses a number of items for which the word […]
Read the full entry Within the stables complex (German: Stallburg) of the Spanish Riding School you’ll find a small museum dedicated to the history and heritage of the school’s horses - the Lipizzaners.
The entrance and gift shop is in the former Imperial and Royal Court Pharmacy. You can see the original draws labelled with exotic herbs around the sides […]
The Natural History Museum is easy to reach. It’s on Vienna’s Ring, which surrounds the city center, and a short walk from stops on the trams 1, 2, D, J, 46 and 49, the buses 2a and 48a and the subway lines U2 and U3 (the station is Volkstheater / Museumsquartier (MQ): make sure you […]
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