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
Vienna museums
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The Kunstkammer (Part II)
If the first part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum's Kunstkammer seems impressive, the second part takes it up to another level. The sum of human achievement (Lidded … [Read more...] about The Kunstkammer (Part II)
The Naturhistorisches Museum
Where meteorites meet mammoths and molluscs. Vienna's Natural History Museum (the Naturhistorisches Museum or NHM) has them all, displayed in one of the city's most beautiful … [Read more...] about The Naturhistorisches Museum
Sigmund Freud Museum
Many Austrians enjoy enduring world fame, particularly the composers. But one name has achieved genuine iconic status despite his lack of sheet music: Freud. The Sigmund Freud … [Read more...] about Sigmund Freud Museum
The NHM shop and café
You can work up a healthy appetite looking at Dodos and Diplodoci (is that the plural of Diplodocus?). Fortunately, Vienna's Natural History Museum has a rather nice café … [Read more...] about The NHM shop and café
Geology, dinosaurs & prehistory floor
Let us begin at the beginning, in a time before we even had mobile phones (if you can remember that far back): a time of minerals, meteorites, fossils … [Read more...] about Geology, dinosaurs & prehistory floor