Cover image of Vienna Hofburg - Imperial Apartments, Sisi Museum, Silver Collection

Vienna Hofburg - Imperial Apartments, Sisi Museum, Silver Collection

Until 1918 the extensive palatial complex at the heart of Vienna was the political centre of the monarchy. Today it fulfills the same role for the democratic Republic of Austria. The rooms where the C... Read more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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