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The Kunstkammer (Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts), located in the main building of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, M.Theresianplatz, should not be confused with the "Schatzkammer" (Treasury) in the Hofburg at the Schweizerhof. The Kunstkammer is a collection of sculptures and decorative arts with a large variety or products of natural art and works of fine art such as goldsmith’s art, bronze, ebony, wooden and stone sculptures, automatons and clocks, games, cabinets, curiosities and tapestries which belonged to the Habsburgs. There exists a "Tapisseriensammlung" merged with the "Kunstkammer". This collection includes over 800 tapestries that served to decorate the interiors of castles. Unfortunately for the amateurs only a few of the tapestries are displayed today. The Kunstkammer is presently closed but in 2005 I could visit a good part of it at the "Hochparterre" of the main building and could take some photos. Directions: In the KHM main building not far from the Hofburg.Website: www.khm.at
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| | | | Hofburg: Hofburg - Silberkammer (Silver Collection) | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Hofburg also houses the former Court Silver and Table Room, an exciting museum containing items used for preparation and serving of food for as well as the decoration of the imperial table. As far back as as the 15th century the Habsburgs had a Silver Chamber overseen by a Master of the Silver Chamber, in which all objects of value were kept and taken on the numerous journeys undertaken by the court. This early Silver Chamber was for the storage of tableware made of precious metals as well as the court table linen. Over the course of time this developed into the imperial household comprising the Court Kitchen, the Court Confectionery, the Court Linen Room, the Court Cellars, the Court Silver and Table Room, the Court Depot of Victuals, the Court Firewood and Coal Depot and the Court Light Room, that is, the offices that were responsible for the provisioning and decoration of the imperial table, the heating of the apartments and the lighting of the palace. After the fall of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918, a part of the items held by the individual court offices was sold off while the remainder was transferred to the Silver Chamber. Those items that had belonged to the state (as opposed to being the private property of the Habsburg dynasty) were either used for formal state banquets and dinners given by the fledgling republic or from 1923 put on public view in the rooms Framz Joseph had had adapted for the Silver Room in 1902. After complete renovation and the adaptation of adjacent rooms that had once housed the Royal and Imperial Gobelin Manufactory, the Silver Room was reopened in 1995 as the Imperial Silver Collection. Leave a Comment Website: www.hofburg-wien.at
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| | | | Hofburg: Hofburg - Kaiserappartements (Imperial Apartments) | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Hofburg was not only the centre of the Habsburg Empire for over 600 years, but also the main residence of the imperial family. The residential apartments and state rooms used by Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth evoke courtly tradition and imperial lifestyle in the 19th century. Virtually every room is decorated in the same style: creamy-white walls and ceiling with gilded detailing, parquet flooring and red furnishings. The Kaiserappartements' current state is a legacy of their last full-time imperial occupant, the Emperor Franz-Josef, who, though a stickler for pomp and protocol at official functions, was notoriously frugal in his daily life (the simple iron bedstead on which he slept is on view). Rising at 4am, he would eat a simple breakfast of coffee, Semmel and a slice of ham; lunch was invariably Tafelspitz, or boiled rump. He distrusted telephones, cars, electricity and modern plumbing, and his only concession to modern life was the telegraph. If you're looking for opulence, you need to visit Maria Theresia's apartments at Schonbrunn. Leave a Comment Website: www.hofburg-wien.at
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| | | | Hofburg: Hofburg (the Imperial Palace) | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Imperial Palace was the residence of the Habsburg emperors until 1918. Originally a medieval castle, of which only the chapel has survived to this day, the residence of the court was expanded and made ever more lavish as the power of the Habsburgs grew and the territory of their dominions increased. Today, the Imperial Palace houses the offices of the Austrian president, an international convention center, the chapel where the Vienna Boys' Choir sings mass on Sundays and religious holidays, the hall in which the Lipizzan stallions of the Spanish Riding School perform, various official and private apartments and several museums and state rooms which are open to the public. The New Palace (Neue Burg) is the most recent and, at the same time, most monumental section of the Imperial Palace. It now houses the Ethnological Museum, branches of the Museum of Fine Arts: the Ephesus Museum displaying art from classical antiquity in Asia Minor, the Collection of Arms which ranks as the second-largest in the world and the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments. Leave a Comment Phone: +43 1 53 4 22Website: www.hofburg.at
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