Vienna’s natural history museum is a place of contrasts. If you’re looking for an engaging, multimedia trip into the world of science and nature, you’re in for a disappointment. But if you want to step back in time and experience that same world through the eyes of nineteenth century science, then you’re in your element.
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Read the full entry If you’ve ever wondered what life was like as a little prince or princess in the days of the Hapsburg Empire (and who hasn’t?), then the children’s museum is a great place to explore and reward the kids for tramping around the main palace all morning without complaining.
You’ll find it at the right-hand side of […]
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna’s main museum of art) was built as part of the extraordinary burst of construction activity that accompanied the development of the Ringstraße in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
The building took 20 years to complete and was officially opened in 1891. Its main purpose was to house the art collected […]
