Vienna Museum
Group of museums in Vienna consisting of the museums of the history of the city.
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Karlsplatz
Town square on the border of the first and fourth districts of Vienna.
To the east is the Karlskirche, located in front of a water pool with a sculpture by Henry Moore with the building of the Vienna Museum (formerly the Historical Museum of Vienna) and the Winterthur Insurance building.
Hermesvilla
Palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility.
Emperor Franz Joseph I gave it to his wife Empress Elisabeth (nicknamed "Sisi"), and he called it the "castle of dreams.“ The name of the villa refers to a statue of Hermes made of white marble that is located in the garden of the villa. Today, the Hermesvilla is noted for its art and natural setting, and is used by the Vienna Museum for special exhibitions on cultural history.
Johann Strauss II
Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas.
His residence in the Praterstrasse, where he lived in the 1860s, is now part of the Vienna Museum.
Vindobona
Roman military camp on the site of the modern city of Vienna in Austria.
The centrepiece of the current design of the square is a rectangular opening that evokes the archaeological excavations at the site and shows wall remains that have been preserved from different epochs.
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Among pianos Schubert had access to were a Benignus Seidner piano (now displayed at the Schubert Geburtshaus in Vienna) and an Anton Walter & Sohn piano (today in the collection of the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum).
Nagoya City Museum
Museum of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
A memorandum of understanding and cooperation was signed in January 2000 with the Vienna Museum, establishing it as a partner museum.
Vienna
National capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria.
The museums on the history of the city, including the former Historical Museum of the City of Vienna on Karlsplatz, the Hermesvilla, the residences and birthplaces of various composers, the Museum of the Romans, and the Vienna Clock Museum, are now gathered together under the group umbrella Vienna Museum.
Mariahilf
6th municipal district of Vienna, Austria (6.
Today, the house is a branch of the Vienna Museum.