Vienna museums

They cracked open a lot of very large piggy banks to build this coin collection. With some 600,000 objects, you'd need to view about 165 per second to be finished in … [Read more...] about Coin collection (Kunsthistorisches Museum)

No museum of art history is complete without a sarcophagus or two from the time of the pharaohs. And, true to form, galleries 1 to 9 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum cover … [Read more...] about Egyptian collection (Kunsthistorisches Museum)

When you enter Gallery 10 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM), a change of flooring and presentation tells you that Ancient Egypt just gave way to the delights of Ancient … [Read more...] about Greek & Roman Antiquities (Kunsthistorisches Museum)

A thirst for knowledge quickly turns into a parched throat and empty stomach as mountains of art take their toll on your energy levels. In the Kunsthistorisches Museum, help … [Read more...] about The Kunsthistorisches Museum café, restaurant and shop

Think of a Kunstkammer as a knowledge database from the days before PCs and iPhones, an outlet for the urge to collect, and a way to impress your friends and rivals (and … [Read more...] about The Kunstkammer

If the first part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum's Kunstkammer seems impressive, the second part takes it up to another level. A real chamber of marvels, particularly the … [Read more...] about The Kunstkammer (Part II)