Austrian Museum of Applied Arts - Have a Seat

This reading bench for museum visitors was created by American artist Jenny Holzer in 1993 and is an aluminium cast after an original bench from Danhauser Furniture Factory that existed from 1804 to 1838. During the Biedermeier period Danhauser was THE furniture manufactory in Vienna.

Austrian Museum of Applied Arts - Empire & Biedermeier

The various spaces of the permanent collection of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art are organized in a chronological fashion. This rooms shows objects from the Empire and the Biedermeier period.

Is That Biedermeier?

Last week I took part in an instawalk at the Lower Belvedere. We had the possibility to visit the exhibition "Is that Biedermeier?" before it was opened to the public. The show presents paintings and furniture of the Biedermeier period.

Kahlenberg Cemetery

The small Kahlenberg Cemetery is located on the southern hillside of Kahlenberg. It was inaugurated in December 1783 and consists of a handful of funerary monuments mainly from the Biedermeier period. The Resurrectionist Congregation still buries their friars here.