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65 - Small Salon/Memorial Room for Emperor Maximilian of Mexico
65 - Small Salon/Memorial Room for Emperor Maximilian of Mexico
During Franz Joseph’s time this room was used as a smoking room to which the gentlemen could retire, as it was considere... Read more
1 May 2011
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43 - Queen of Hungary
43 - Queen of Hungary
Elisabeth increasingly makes deliberate use of the power of her beauty to achieve her own ends. She has little interest ... Read more
1 May 2011
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40 - The wedding
40 - The wedding
Elisabeth’s wedding on 24th April 1854 marks the beginning of a new stage in her life. She is overtaxed by the elaborate... Read more
1 May 2011
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12 - The Foot-washing Ceremony
12 - The Foot-washing Ceremony
There was a centuries-old tradition at the Viennese court according to which the emperor and empress washed the feet of ... Read more
1 May 2011
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74 - Alexander Apartments
74 - Alexander Apartments
The apartments in the north end of the Amalia Wing (towards Ballhausplatz) were occupied by Tsar Alexander of Russia dur... Read more
1 May 2011
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26 - The Mundzeug of Empress Maria Theresa
26 - The Mundzeug of Empress Maria Theresa
The “Mundzeug” of Empress Maria Theresa is a set of eating implements made for the monarch’s personal use which accompan... Read more
1 May 2011
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25 - Alexander of Lorraine / Imari porcelain
25 - Alexander of Lorraine / Imari porcelain
The Imperial Silver Collection owes its interesting and comprehensive collection of Far Eastern porcelain dating from ar... Read more
1 May 2011
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30 - Entrance Sisi Museum
30 - Entrance Sisi Museum
In April 1854 the sixteen-year-old Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria travelled to Vienna to marry her cousin, Emperor Franz J... Read more
1 May 2011
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24 - Sweetmeat stands of the New French Centrepiece (Arena)
24 - Sweetmeat stands of the New French Centrepiece (Arena)
In the atrium is a display of “tambours” or bronze-gilt stands which held sweetmeats and decorated the imperial dining t... Read more
1 May 2011
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Gold Sheaves of Corn Tureens
Gold Sheaves of Corn Tureens
In 1777 Emperor Joseph II visited his sister, the French queen Marie Antoinette, at Versailles. On his return he brought... Read more
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34 - Monuments
34 - Monuments
After Elisabeth’s death numerous monuments to her were erected. Even before Vienna had initiated any memorial projects, ... Read more
1 May 2011
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49 - Centre
49 - Centre
After the tragic suicide of her only son, Rudolf, in 1889, Elisabeth becomes increasingly bitter, withdrawing more and m... Read more
1 May 2011
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32 - The creation of a myth
32 - The creation of a myth
The newspaper cuttings in the displays in front of and behind you give some idea of how Elisabeth was seen by contempora... Read more
1 May 2011
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66 - Empress Elisabeths Apartments: Sitting Room/Bedroom
66 - Empress Elisabeths Apartments: Sitting Room/Bedroom
From 1857 Elisabeth occupied the main floor of the Amalia Wing which was adjacent to the emperor’s apartments. Elisabeth... Read more
1 May 2011
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Ranked #15
54 - Travelling medicine chest
54 - Travelling medicine chest
This 63-piece medicine chest was part of the empress’s luggage. As well as numerous mustard plasters, bandages, salves a... Read more
1 May 2011
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53 - Travels
53 - Travels
“Never stay in one spot for long“, writes Elisabeth. Elisabeth’s wanderlust becomes increasingly intense – the further a... Read more
1 May 2011
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10 - Elisabeth, her travelling service and the Miramare Service
10 - Elisabeth, her travelling service and the Miramare Service
Whenever Empress Elisabeth travelled to the villa called the Achilleion that had been built for her on the island of Cor... Read more
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22 - Old French Centrepiece
22 - Old French Centrepiece
The Old French Centrepiece was commissioned in Paris in 1838 on the occasion of Emperor Ferdinand’s coronation as king o... Read more
1 May 2011
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52 - Titania
52 - Titania
Elisabeth, who has written poetry since her youth, increasingly uses her romantic versifying as a means of escape. She w... Read more
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23 - Panorama Plates
23 - Panorama Plates
The second-oldest porcelain manufactory after Meissen was founded in Vienna in 1718. Although at that time porcelain was... Read more
1 May 2011
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