VOX Hotels » Museums http://vox-hotels.com Design Hotels Sun, 28 Jun 2015 12:40:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 On the trail of Sisi and Franz Joseph http://vox-hotels.com/trail-sisi-franz-joseph/ http://vox-hotels.com/trail-sisi-franz-joseph/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2015 20:32:18 +0000 http://vox-hotels.com/?p=1403 Vienna is popular for its imperial history: Maria Theresia, who introduced compulsory education and Sisi, who traveled around a lot are two well-known characters of yesteryear that lived in the capital. So one thing is clear: tourists in Vienna simply cannot miss the imperial remains of the city – magnificent buildings and thrilling mysteries. But where to start? Here is a list of places you should visit: Schloss Schönbrunn If you solely have time to visit one attraction in Vienna, then you should take a tour around the Schloss Schönbrunn! It’s such a beautiful castle you must see. Where?: Schönbrunner Schlossstraße 47, 1130 Vienna Public Transport: U4 underground stop Schönbrunn Website: Schloss Schönbrunn Sisi Museum You want to know more about the former empress Sisi? Then this museum is perfect for you! Where?: Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Vienna Public Transport: U3 underground stop Herrengasse Website: Sisi Museum Imperial Apartments If you want to know how the apartments of the former emperors looked like, visit the Imperial Apartments located in the Hofburg, the former winter residence of the Habsburgs. Where?: Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Vienna Public Transport: U3 underground stop Herrengasse Website: Imperial Apartments Imperial Silver Collection You are interested what was necessary for a dinner at court? Then check out the impressive collection of tableware at the Imperial Silver Collection. Where?: Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Vienna Public Transport: U3 underground stop Herrengasse Website: Imperial Silver Collection Imperial Furniture Collection What furniture did the Habsburgs have? Find it out at the Imperial Furniture Collection! In addition, you can look at furniture from various times and styles. Where?: Andreasgasse 7, 1070 Vienna Public Transport: U3 underground stop Zieglergasse Website: Imperial Furniture Collection Insider information: Save money by purchasing the Sisi ticket, which includes a visit to the Schloss Schönbrunn, the Hofburg (Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments, Imperial Silver Collection) and the Imperial Furniture Collection.

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]]> SchönbrunnVienna is popular for its imperial history: Maria Theresia, who introduced compulsory education and Sisi, who traveled around a lot are two well-known characters of yesteryear that lived in the capital. So one thing is clear: tourists in Vienna simply cannot miss the imperial remains of the city – magnificent buildings and thrilling mysteries. But where to start? Here is a list of places you should visit:

Schloss Schönbrunn
If you solely have time to visit one attraction in Vienna, then you should take a tour around the Schloss Schönbrunn! It’s such a beautiful castle you must see.
Where?: Schönbrunner Schlossstraße 47, 1130 Vienna
Public Transport: U4 underground stop Schönbrunn
Website: Schloss Schönbrunn

Sisi Museum
You want to know more about the former empress Sisi? Then this museum is perfect for you!
Where?: Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Vienna
Public Transport: U3 underground stop Herrengasse
Website: Sisi Museum

Imperial Apartments
If you want to know how the apartments of the former emperors looked like, visit the Imperial Apartments located in the Hofburg, the former winter residence of the Habsburgs.
Where?: Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Vienna
Public Transport: U3 underground stop Herrengasse
Website: Imperial Apartments

Imperial Silver Collection
You are interested what was necessary for a dinner at court? Then check out the impressive collection of tableware at the Imperial Silver Collection.
Where?: Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Vienna
Public Transport: U3 underground stop Herrengasse
Website: Imperial Silver Collection

Imperial Furniture Collection
What furniture did the Habsburgs have? Find it out at the Imperial Furniture Collection! In addition, you can look at furniture from various times and styles.
Where?: Andreasgasse 7, 1070 Vienna
Public Transport: U3 underground stop Zieglergasse
Website: Imperial Furniture Collection

Insider information: Save money by purchasing the Sisi ticket, which includes a visit to the Schloss Schönbrunn, the Hofburg (Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments, Imperial Silver Collection) and the Imperial Furniture Collection.

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]]> http://vox-hotels.com/trail-sisi-franz-joseph/feed/ 0 Five Museums You Have to Visit While You Are in Vienna http://vox-hotels.com/five-museums-visit-vienna/ http://vox-hotels.com/five-museums-visit-vienna/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2015 23:03:06 +0000 http://vox-hotels.com/?p=1376 For museum lovers, Vienna is the place to be. There are various unparalleled world-class museums you should definitely visit during your stay in Vienna. Here are our favourite ones: Albertina In the museum prints and drawings, graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings from the late gothic to the present time are exhibited. Special exhibition: Karl Prantl: The Language of Stones until 01.02.2015 Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna Public Transport: U1/U2/U4 underground stop Karlsplatz Website: Albertina Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum) Here you can find extensive collections of the imperial family and the largest Bruegel collection in the world. Special exhibition: Velázquez until 15.02.2015 Address: Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna Public Transport: U2/U3 underground stop Volkstheater or U2 underground stop Museumsquartier Website: Kunsthistorisches Museum Naturhistorisches Museum (Museum of Natural History) You are interested in nature and history? Then this is the perfect museum for you. It is also very popular among children, who are fascinated by the huge skeletons of dinosaurs displayed in the museum. Special exhibitions: Mammoths: Ice Mummies from Siberia until 02.03.2015 Human Footprint until 08.03.2015 Insider Information: Plan your time in Vienna and already buy your ticket online! Address: Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna Public Transport: U2/U3 underground stop Volkstheater or U2 underground stop Museumsquartier Website: Naturhistorisches Museum Technisches Museum (Technical Museum) Technology and its history is your passion? Then you should visit the Technical Museum. Owing to the interactivity offered, this museum is very popular among children. Address: Mariahilfer Straße 212, 1140 Vienna Public Transport: U4 underground stop Schönbrunn, Tram 58 stop Winckelmannstraße Website: Technisches Museum Leopold Museum To get an insight into Austrian art, you should visit the Leopold Museum, which hosts masterpieces of the Viennese secessionist and modernist movements as well as Austrian expressionism. Special exhibition: A Visual Memory of Viennese Society”: Franz Xaver Setzer’s Portrait Photographs until 02.02.2015 Address: Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna Public Transport: U2 underground stop Museumsquartier Website: Leopold Museum For more information about outstanding museums in Vienna look at our website Museums in Vienna or ask at reception.

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]]> cn_image.size.vienna2_002uFor museum lovers, Vienna is the place to be. There are various unparalleled world-class museums you should definitely visit during your stay in Vienna. Here are our favourite ones:

Albertina
In the museum prints and drawings, graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings from the late gothic to the present time are exhibited.
Special exhibition: Karl Prantl: The Language of Stones until 01.02.2015
Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Public Transport: U1/U2/U4 underground stop Karlsplatz
Website: Albertina

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)
Here you can find extensive collections of the imperial family and the largest Bruegel collection in the world.
Special exhibition: Velázquez until 15.02.2015
Address: Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna
Public Transport: U2/U3 underground stop Volkstheater or U2 underground stop Museumsquartier
Website: Kunsthistorisches Museum

Naturhistorisches Museum (Museum of Natural History)
You are interested in nature and history? Then this is the perfect museum for you. It is also very popular among children, who are fascinated by the huge skeletons of dinosaurs displayed in the museum.
Special exhibitions:
Mammoths: Ice Mummies from Siberia until 02.03.2015
Human Footprint until 08.03.2015
Insider Information: Plan your time in Vienna and already buy your ticket online!
Address: Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna
Public Transport: U2/U3 underground stop Volkstheater or U2 underground stop Museumsquartier
Website: Naturhistorisches Museum

Technisches Museum (Technical Museum)
Technology and its history is your passion? Then you should visit the Technical Museum. Owing to the interactivity offered, this museum is very popular among children.
Address: Mariahilfer Straße 212, 1140 Vienna
Public Transport: U4 underground stop Schönbrunn, Tram 58 stop Winckelmannstraße
Website: Technisches Museum

Leopold Museum
To get an insight into Austrian art, you should visit the Leopold Museum, which hosts masterpieces of the Viennese secessionist and modernist movements as well as Austrian expressionism.
Special exhibition: A Visual Memory of Viennese Society”: Franz Xaver Setzer’s Portrait Photographs until 02.02.2015
Address: Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
Public Transport: U2 underground stop Museumsquartier
Website: Leopold Museum

For more information about outstanding museums in Vienna look at our website Museums in Vienna or ask at reception.

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