Historical Museum of City of Vienna, Austria Photos

The Historical Museum of City of Vienna (Wien Museum) (1954-9) (on Karlsplatz) was designed by Oswald Haerdtl. This Museum traces the history of Vienna with displays of decorative arts, paintings & other notable works.

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Historical Museum of City of Vienna (Wien Museum) (1954-9) (on Karlsplatz). Vienna, Austria. Architect: Oswald Haerdtl.	Historical Museum of City of Vienna (Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien). Vienna, Austria.	Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Collection of stone age objects (from 6000 BCE) found within Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Bronze age ankle bracelet (after 2300 BCE) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Late bronze age animals with spouts (after 1300 BCE) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Roman grave marker of T. Flavius Draccus (1stC) from Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Roman era oil lamp at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Ceramic glazed Aquamanile (13thC) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Ceramic faces (2nd-4thC) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Medieval shield showing invalid with wooden leg (c1493) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Medieval shield with St George (c1480) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Funeral helmets & shields (15thC) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Horse & human armor suits (c1450) made in Milan at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Stained glass windows (c1330-40) from St Stephan Choir of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Annunciation stained glass windows (late 14thC) from St Stephan Choir of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Michaels stained glass windows (c1370) from St Stephan Herzog's Chapel of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Herzog Friedrich II stained glass windows (c1380) from St Stephan Herzog's Chapel of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Stoning of St Stephen stained glass windows (c1380) from St Stephan Herzog's Chapel of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Apostle Jacob statue (c1375-80) from St Stephan of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

St Martha statue (c1460-70) from St Stephan of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	St Dorothea statue (c1330-40) from St Stephan of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Flagellation of Christ wood relief (c1480) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Nativity wood relief (c1470) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Adoration of Magi wood relief (c1470) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Detail of Adoration of Magi wood relief (c1470) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Martyrdom of St Catherine altarpiece (c1440-50) by Meister of Griedrichsaltares at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Martyrdom of St Catherine altarpiece (c1440-50) by Meister of Griedrichsaltares at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Martyrdom of St Catherine altarpiece (c1440-50) by Meister of Griedrichsaltares at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Collection of Viennese paintings & armor at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Royal jousting armor for Maximilian II (c1850) & Rudolf II (c1575) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Hasenhaus drawing detail (1749) by Salomon Kleiner in year the building was demolished at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Hasenhaus drawing (1749) showing rabbits controlling the world as ordered decorated by Emperor Maximilian I at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Battle of Vienna Relief of Ottoman Siege on Sept. 12, 1683 painting by Franz Geffels at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	View of Vienna painting (1690) by Domenico Cetto shows city walls at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	The 14 Auxiliary Saints painting (c1771) by Franz Zoller at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Silver sun monstrance (1759) by Joseph Moser of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Chest of guild of gardeners (1st half 17thC) with scenes of Biblical gardens at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Chest of guild of Hungarian lace-makers (1824) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	House sign for "At the Green Winged Dragon" (1654) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

House sign for "At the Red Hedgehog" (1st half 18thC) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	House sign for "At the Eye of God" (late 18thC) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Viennese locksmith sign (c1790) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Guild panels of Danube fishermen (1673) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Shop signs at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Shop sign for "Zum Scmeckenden Wurm" (1st half 18thC) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Iron safe of the city of Vienna (1770) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Silk Masonic Master's apron (late 18thC) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Children's porcelain chocolate service (1770-5) by Viennese Porcelain Manufacture at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Porcelain chocolate pot (c1770) made in Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Pompeii Salon from Palais Caprara-Geymüller (c1800) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Bombardment of Vienna by the French on May 11-12, 1809 engraving by Benedikt Piringer at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Tending wounded French troops on Landstrasse in Vienna after Battle of Aspern on May 21-22, 1809 engraving by P. Gross after Jakob Gauermann at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Allies crossing Danube on July 6, 1809 before Battle of Wagram engraving by Johann Lorenz Rugendas at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Congress of Vienna 1815-15 engraving (1819) by Jean Baptiste Isabey & Jean Godefroy at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Imperial family of the Herzog von Reichstatdt painting (1826) by Leopold Fertbauer at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Greeks in a Viennese coffeehouse painting (1824) by Leopold Theodor Weller at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Alpine ship in a storm painting (1834) by Friedrich Gauermamm at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Stephansplatz painting (1834) by Rudolph von Alt at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Table clock in form of Tivoli Park (c1835-40) by A. Olbrich at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Lightshade with scene of Vienna (1820-5) by Balthasar Wigand at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Lightshade with scene of Vienna (1825) by Christoph Mahlknecht at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Decorated glass beakers (c1815-33) from workshop of Anton Kothgasser at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Decorated glass beakers (c1815-33) from workshop of Anton Kothgasser at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Glass beakers with goldfish & four-leaf clover (c1820) from workshop of Anton Kothgasser at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Bohemian cut glass wineglass with scene of Vienna (c1840) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Coffee service (c1800) by Viennese Porcelain Manufacture at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Coffee cup (early 19thC) by Viennese Porcelain Manufacture at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Coffee cup (early 19thC) by Viennese Porcelain Manufacture at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Coffee cup (early 19thC) by Viennese Porcelain Manufacture at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Portrait of University student participant in Austrian Revolution of 1848 by Franz Schams at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Barricades on Michaelerplatz on May 26-27, 1848, during uprising against Emperor Ferdinand painting (1848) by Anton Ziegler at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Battle of Taborbrücke on Leopoldstadt on Oct. 6, 1848, during uprising against Emperor Ferdinand painting (1849) by Bonaventura Emler at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Nussdorfer Line taken by Imperial troops at end of Oct. 1848, during uprising against Emperor Ferdinand painting (1848) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Collection of 19th C furniture at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Combination woman's desk & vanity table (1805) by Josef Haupt at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Secretary desk (1810-4) from Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Giraffe piano (c1839) by Joseph Anton Knam of Vienna at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	collection of café bentwood & canned chairs (1860s on) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	collection of café bentwood & canned chairs (1860s on) at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.

Model of Ehrenhalle (1898) by architect Otto Wagner at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Model of Ehrenhalle (1898) by architect Otto Wagner at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Model of Ehrenhalle (1898) by architect Otto Wagner at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.	Chair for mayor Dr, Karl Lueger (1904) by Otto Wagner at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.