This steam locomotive NkNb 1-3 dates back to 1882. You find it on the grounds of the Transport Museum of Budapest. First, the locomotive served on the Nagykikinda–Nagybecskerek railroad. Later, it ran as an industrial locomotive in Budapest.
Category: Museums
View from the Stahlwelt in Linz
This pic is a view from the roof of the Stahlwelt. The Stahlwelt is an exhibition hall promoting products made of steel. The small hill in the middle reminds me of the Erzberg, a mining area for ore in the Austrian state of Styria.
Traditional hayrack in Rogatec
This traditional Slovenian hayrack (Kozolec) is an exhibit at the open-air museum in Rogatec. For fans of these sorts of hayracks, there is also a specialized museum in Šentrupert, generally known as the “Land of Hayracks”.
Museum of Slovenian Railways
The Museum of Slovenian Railways offers mighty steam locomotives as well as light auxiliary rail vehicles. Visitors find all these locos and carriages not only in an old shed but also on the attached free ground. It is s place with fascinating objects at every turn.
Haydnhaus in Vienna
The Haydnhaus in Vienna is where the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn spent his last years. The museum inside explains how Haydn lived in this period and shows several pieces of his former household. A reconstructed garden completes the offer.
Nietzsche-Haus in Naumburg (Saale)
The Nietzsche-Haus museum opened in 1994. A permanent exhibition is devoted to the life and work of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The Nietzsche Documentation Centre, also housed here, is concerned with researching the reception of Nietzsche’s works.
Klopstock House in Quedlinburg
German writer Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was born in this building on July 2nd, 1724. Today it houses a museum about his works, e.g. the epic poem ‘The Messiah’ (Der Messias). Biographies of several additional local personalities complete the exhibition.
Kunsthaus in Graz
The Kunsthaus, dating back to 2003, shows exhibitions of contemporary art. Because of its architecture, it is generally known as the “Friendly Alien”. The form of an irregular bubble offers the possibility to enjoy bulky sculptures in an appropriate space.
Facade of the Vorarlberg Museum
The facade of the Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz is decorated with 16,656 concrete blossoms. The blossoms were formed by the bottoms of simple PET bottles. But this is not the only architectural peculiarity of this museum in the Vorarlberg capital.
Gorsium Archaeological Park (Tác)
The Gorsium Archaeological Park near Tác tells about life in this region during the ancient age. The Roman influence started here with a fort protecting a road junction and a ford of the Sarviz River in the middle of the 1st century.
Mithras Shrine III in Ptuj
A protective building in the style of an ancient Roman sanctuary shelters the remains of the Mithras Shrine III in Ptuj. The shrine was erected in the sixties of the 3rd century by soldiers of the Legio XIII Gemina.
Railway Museum in Trieste
The railway museum in Trieste offers a charm of its own. The old locomotives and waggon stand inside the former station hall, which has lost its roof. That way, it is an open-air museum now.