And Wirtshaus Kultur.
Last week I toured the new Haus der Geschichtes Österreich (House of Austrian History), a museum that recently opened in a wing of the former Hapsburg Palace. The museum’s focus is on Austria from 1918 forward, when the Empire was dissolved.
One might be surprised at what there is still to learn.
Once upon a time Japan was terra incognito. Then along came Commander Perry in 1845 to “suggest” (he brought his fleet of American warships as a calling card) that Japan end its policy of national seclusion by opening its ports to trade, and the fascination with the exotic began.
An incredible morning at the Albertina.
When Wes Anderson pokes around in the holdings of Vienna’s museum collections.
The Ethnography Museum tried to weave a tale about the Headscarf.
In the lulls between travels much has transpired.
Except that Annie never had to hide.