Vienna Museum of Natural History

[Ludwigia]

Hi. I wanted to let you know under my "Off the Air" topic that I'm back home now from my trip to Vienna, but it seems to have gotten lost during the server exchange problems. But this is no tragedy, since I can just tell you here that I'm back and had a great time visiting the sites and activities in this wonderful city for the first time in my life. We of course took a tour in a horse-drawn coach, which is called a Fiaker here, visited practically all of the castles and palaces from the Habsburgs which are available and, among other things, watched the morning exercises of the Lippizaner horses at the Spanish riding school. We did a lot of walking. Needless to say, we also came to enjoy the exquisit confections which are available in their world-famous cafes.

 

 

We also visited the Art Museum, but the main attraction for me and us here was the Natural History Museum, which is, to say the least, very impressive. Of course I concentrated on the paleontological section. Everything is up to the latest standards, but all still displayed as things were back 100 years ago. There is a complete room for each geological period, starting with the Precambrain and running through to the Cenozoic with a display room for the larger beasts near the end. It carries on then into the stone age and beyond, but that was enough for my powers of concentration on that day. Here is a picture heavy report for you with a few comments in between. Sorry about the glass reflections, but what can you do?

 

 

Precambrium and Paleozoic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mesozoic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cenozoic:

 

 

 

 

The big ones, etc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I hope I was able to give you a good impression of at least one part of this fascinating world class museum.

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Splendid stuff, Roger, thank you for sharing.

I love Vienna, one of my favourite places, i used to go to concerts there occasionally, back in the day. 

Made me cry. 

[Ludwigia]

2 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Splendid stuff, Roger, thank you for sharing.

I love Vienna, one of my favourite places, i used to go to concerts there occasionally, back in the day. 

Made me cry. 

 

We didn't do much in that respect, but we did manage to take in an organ concert on the giant organ in the Stephansdom.

 

[grandpa]

Welcome back home, Roger.  Thanks a lot for the virtual tour.  I doubt I'll ever get to Vienna myself, so that was an appreciated tour.

[Fin Lover]

Beautiful museum!  Thanks for sharing!