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MUSEUMS OF VIENNA

editor — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:36:00 +0000

MUSEUMS OF VIENNA Vienna owes its vast selection of masterpieces to the acquisitive Habsburgs and to the city’s own crop of art schools and world-class artists. An exhaustive list is impossible to include here, but the tourist office’s free Museums brochure lists all opening hours and admission prices. All museums run by the city of Vienna are free on Friday before noon (except on public holidays). If you’re going to be in town for a while, invest in the Museum Card (ask at any museum ticket window). OSTERREICHISCHE GALERIE (AUSTRIAN GALLERY). The Upper Belvedere houses European art of the 19th

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VIENNA HISTORICAL MUSEUM

editor — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:12:00 +0000

VIENNA HISTORICAL MUSEUM HISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER STADT WIEN (VIENNA HISTORICAL MUSEUM) This collection of historical artifacts and paintings documents Vienna’s evolution from a Roman encampment, through the Turkish siege, to the subsequent 640 years of Habsburg rule. (7V, Karlspl. to the left of the Karlskirche. Open Su and Tu-Sa 9am- 6pm. ‚3.50, students ‚1.50. Free after 3pm on F.) The mess room boy, Thomas Wilson, had been trapped in his room below decks aft by the inrushing water and had attempted to escape via a porthole, but had become jammed in it. Mr H. Speed, the senior third engineer, had

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