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15,000 with the aid of an advance from the "All-highest Family Fund" of the Imperial Household. This loan had to be repaid in a series of complicated transactions, effected within a timeframe of ten years (i.e. through the sale of mineral doublets, meteorite sections, and precious-metal redemptions).
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providing voluntary unpaid services. Felix Karrer became Secretary of the Wissenschaftlicher Club (Science Club) and founder of the Mineralogy collection of the department. By 1886, Rudolf Köchlin became scientific assistant and, later, maintained an inventory of the collection and even kept a diary.
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to Vienna. Born, who had developed a new method of extracting precious metals, was tasked with classifying and expanding the collections. To this end he had minerals from many different regions sent to Vienna, where they were added to the collection. Under the leadership of Ignaz von Born the cabinet
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With the main ship, the 220-ton Admiral Tegetthoff, at risk of breaking up under the pressure of the ice, the members of the expedition were forced to leave the ship. On May 20, 1874, they began their long retreat to the south, transporting their equipment and provisions on sleds and boats. Despite
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Phosphates, arsenates and silicates, gemstones and the rock collection are exhibited in Hall IV. The collection of gems and precious stones can also be found in this hall. This collection is one of the most comprehensive and valuable of its kind to be found on the European continent. One cabinet
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The cycle of growing and passing away in human existence is presented in a circular composition. It reflects the idea of the fight for existence, which dominated scientific thought at that time. At the same time the animal world was brought into this cycle as well: on one side "mankind made the
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contains significant specimens of jewelry material, whereby the raw material and the half-finished stones are placed alongside the finished cut and polished stones together with pieces of original jewelry. Two side cabinets contain larger samples of the precious stones collection. The original
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was appointed as the managing director of the museum. Hochstetter proposed a new organization for the museum and its collections. Four departments having far-reaching autonomy were created as successors to the older Cabinets; the Imperial-Royal Mineralogical Court Cabinet was divided in an
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its servant" (it catches a catfish with its trident); on the other side, however, nature wins the upper hand (a vulture guards its prey). Nevertheless, mankind stands in the center of these events: a man, wrapped in a red cloth, holds an hourglass (presumably an allusion to
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visitors can see sculptures of researchers and scientists who represent the continuing progress of human knowledge. These fundamental ideas are also the basis for the sculptures and paintings in the Dome Hall and the grand staircase; the highlight here is
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Imperial-Royal Mineralogical-Petrographical Department and an Imperial-Royal Geologic-Paleontologic Department. The petrologist and meteorite specialist Aristides Brezina became director of the former and was supported by scientific colleagues:
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many sacrifices and great danger, the scientists returned to Vienna with both their invaluable travel journals and observations of the landscape, as well as a number of natural history items of interest welded into metal cases.
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thus documented the benevolent sentiment of the Imperial Household. Excavations for the construction of the new Museum of Nature started in the fall of 1871, and construction was completed more than ten years later.
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was put in charge of the department, taking over from Aristides Brezina, who retired on August 30. Voluntary, unpaid assistance, from 1896 to the end of the monarchy was provided by Felix Karrer, alternately by
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After the Emperor's death, Maria Theresa gave the natural science collection to the state and opened it up to the general public. Thus she created the first museum in line with the principles and visions of the
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Those taking part in the expedition, carried out under the scientific direction of the head of the history collection, included the researchers Johann Mikan and Johann Emmanuel, as well as the taxidermist
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The internal structure of the building is dictated by the systematic organization of the exhibition and the individual departments. The mezzanine covers inanimate nature (Department of
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The mezzanine is decorated with more than 100 oil paintings, illustrations which complement the objects displayed in the halls. Some halls are additionally decorated with figures.
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Hochstetter died on July 18, 1884, and did not live to see the completion of the building for whose founding he had been so actively engaged. His successor as superintendent was
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The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museums and non-university research institutions in Austria and an important center of excellence for all matters relating to
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The first four halls show the systematic mineral exhibit. Hall I contains large mineral samples (in a glass cabinet in the middle of the room), a collection of
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In the mid-19th century, there was much interest in the natural sciences, and the encouragement of this interest was a concern of the young sovereign,
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On the first floor the visitor was to be guided from the "most simple" through to the "most consummate evolutionary animals". For this reason, the
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of the display halls, with display cases of dark, carved wood, are mostly originals from the opening days of the museum, from the plans of
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during an extensive reorganization of the museum collections, from 1851 to 1876, and opened to the public on August 10, 1889. Located in
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This interplay between decoration and display objects gives the Natural History Museum Vienna is a unique artistic presentation.
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of the rise and decline of humanity. In addition, humankind serving as the central theme of this painting further fulfills
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was a patron at the start of the 20th century. He was one of the sponsors of mineralogy, and donated the large specimen of
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in 1752 and the botanical garden in 1753, also organized the first scientific overseas expedition. In 1755 he commissioned
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which sailed the world between 1857 and 1859. The scientific responsibility for this expedition was shared by the
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On April 29, 1876, Emperor Franz Joseph I signed the document certifying the Natural History Court Museum, and
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The Natural History Museum Vienna incorporates stylistic elements from many past periods, in particular the
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In 39 display halls with an area of 8,700 m the collections give an overview of the diversity of life on
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Koechlin became an assistant in 1892 and was promoted to assistant custodian in 1896. In the same year,
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The earliest collections of the Natural History Museum Vienna date back more than 250 years. It was the
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figures representing key elements of the universe and its discovery and understanding by man. On the
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These redemptions also included samples of silver and gold from the former "Ambrasian Collection" of
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and numerous guest researchers who carry out basic research in a wide range of topics related to
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This systematic concept of the collections has been preserved to the present even though today
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This historical presentation of the collections is almost unique in the world today.
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The large public displays in halls I–V show aesthetic and scientifically valuable
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is no longer seen as development toward perfection, but as development toward
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In the same year of 1889, several items from the former private collection of
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and first floor) of the intricately decorated facade display allegorical and
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Departments, Halls 22–39) as well as the fascinating realm of the Earth's
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of natural history quickly developed into a center of practical research.
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The Natural History Museum - Construction, Conception & Architecture
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The last significant research expedition of the 19th century was the
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painting above the grand staircase depicts "The Cycle of Life."
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of creation" were originally presented in a large part of the
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The most ambitious Austrian expedition was carried out by the
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien at Google Cultural Institute
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Natural History Museum Vienna - A guide to the collections
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Natural History Museum Vienna - A guide to the collections
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and the Geography Society. The man behind the project was
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of art and architecture was very popular in 19th century
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Baillou's collection comprised 30,000 objects, including
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1896–1897 no superintendent, but temporary director:
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Among the advisors was the naturalist and researcher
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In 2022 the Museum returned the remains of about 64
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Index

Vienna Natural History Museum
The phrase "Naturhistorisches Museum Wien" next to the stylized lowercase letters "n", "h", and "m", above three dots.

Vienna
Austria
Katrin Vohland
nhm-wien.ac.at/en
German
natural history
Vienna
Austria
natural sciences
scientists
human sciences
earth sciences
life sciences
Index Herbariorum
herbarium


Kākāpō
specimens
Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I
Maria Theresa
rare fossils
snails
mussels
corals
minerals

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