Naturhistorisches Museum at Maria-Theresien-Platz, Vienna

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

The Naturhistorisches Museum (Museum of Natural History) is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria. The museum opened in 1891 at the same time as the Kunsthistorisches Museum. The two museums have identical exteriors and face each other across Maria-Theresien-Platz. The Museum was built to house the huge collection of the Habsburgs. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1422 KB) Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Ringstrassenseite Picture by: Thomas Binderhofer Date: 13. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1422 KB) Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Ringstrassenseite Picture by: Thomas Binderhofer Date: 13. ... Image File history File links Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Quelle / Author: Foto plp Datum / Taken in: 2004 Ort / Place: Wien / Vienna File links The following pages link to this file: Naturhistorisches Museum ... Image File history File links Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Quelle / Author: Foto plp Datum / Taken in: 2004 Ort / Place: Wien / Vienna File links The following pages link to this file: Naturhistorisches Museum ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Musuem) is the most prominent art museum in Vienna, Austria. ... The Marie-Theresien-Platz of Vienna is a large square (Platz) joining the Ringstrasse (Viennas giant, round, central street) with the Museumsquartier, a museum of modern arts located in the former Imperial Stables. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ...

Both buildings were buildt between 1872 and 1891 on the Ringstraße according to plans drawn up by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer. 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Ringstraße at night The Ringstraße is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna and is one of its main sights. ... Gottfried Semper Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture, who designed and built the Semper Oper in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. ... The Burgtheater in Vienna, shortly after its completion, built by Karl von Hasenauer Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer (July 20, 1833 - January 4, 1894) was an important Austrian architect and key representative of the Historismus school. ...

The insect collections date from 1793 when Franz I of Austria purchased the scientific collections of Joseph Natterer. In 1806 the museum purchased a collection of European insects made by Johann Carl Megerle of Muehlfeld. Megerle became the first curator. He organised the purchase of the Gundian collection of European butterflies.These old collections were destroyed 1848 by a fire. Johann Natterer's journey to Brazil (1817 - 1835) led to an enormous enhancement of the collections- 60,000 insects were a part of the "Brazilian museum" in the "Harrach' house" and escaped the fire. In 1859 the frigate Novara returned from a world voyage the insects were incorporated in the Vienna collections. These were worked on by Ludwig Redtenbacher (Coleopteren), F.M. Brauer (Neuropteren), Henri Louis Frederic de Saussure(Hymenopteren exkl. Formicidae), G. Mayr (Formicidae and Hemiptera), Ignaz Rudolph Schiner(Dipteren), C Felder, R. Felder and A. Rogenhofer (Lepidoptera).The present museum dates from 1876. The Entomologists Ganglbauer and Holdhaus (Coleoptera), Rogenhofer and Rebel (Lepidoptera), Kohl and Maidl (Hymenoptera), Brauer (Diptera and Neuroptera), Handlirsch (fossil insects) contributed substantially to the international reputation of the museum. Francis II Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, who is also referred to as Francis von Habsburg or Emperor Franz I of Austria (February 12, 1768 – March 2, 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until August 6, 1806, when the Empire was disbanded. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Natterer ( November 9, 1787 - June 17, 1843) was an Austrian naturalist and explorer. ... Novara is a city of northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. ... Ludwig Redtenbacher was an Austrian doctor and entomologist mainly interested in beetles Redtenbacher was born 10 June 1814 in Kirchdorf bei Wels and died in Vienna 8 February 1876 He was the first university professor in Prague , and from 1860 director of the Vienna Natural History Museum. ... Henri Louis Frederic de Saussure was a Swiss entomologist specialising in studies of Hymenoptera and Orthoptera. ... Ignaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. ...

External link

• Official website