27 July 08
Above, a view in front of the Naturhistorisches Museum.
Who says museums are boring for kids? =) My son on top of the elephant in front of the building.
27 July 09
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As mentioned the other day, the façade of the Naturhistorisches Museum has names and statues depicting personifications of the various continents known to Austrian science at the time - Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Above, the names on the golden plate are Alexandre der Große, G.Mercator and Julius Caesar.
Below, names of Columbus, Imanuel Kant and Vasco da Gama.
27 July 08
Still at the Naturhistorisches Museum...a perfect day for Skywatch with a view of great architecture. Above photo is the right edge and below is the left side of the museum.
I will be away for a week but I will try to auto post for the coming days. I almost forgot its theme day tomorrow! Happy weekend everyone!
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Ody, I posted a photo of the landstrasse mural kasi kalat ang histura lol.
Panaderos, di na uso tabo...naked sa donau na haha.
Dong, it is! even the surrounding, neatly swept talaga araw araw.
Kyels, come with your mom and enjoy Vienna too.
Babooshka, I am merely showing off what beauty this city has, a chunk of reality so to speak...lets enjoy!
27 July 08
Needless to say, Vienna boasts of architectural pride as its European counterparts. It is a great effort by the government to have preserved buildings of old and opened them as museums to the public...if they are not actually built as museums.
Here is the back of the Naturhistorisches Museum (Science) situated at Vienna's Ringstrasse and is frequented by tourists, famous for its extensive preserved and stuffed animal collection.
The museum was built in 1819 along with a vast garden (Maria Theresien Platz) and another building identical to it which is the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art). The façade of the Naturhistorisches Museum has names and statues depicting personifications of the various continents known to Austrian science at the time - Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
