The Wien Museum at Karlsplatz extends its opening hours on Thursdays to 9pm, which gives everyone a better appreciation for its permanent collection in the examination of the city’s history that spans almost 8 centuries. The museum’s permanent collection is free of charge, but there is a charge to view the museum’s temporary exhibitions. The collection includes paintings, sculptures, posters, photographs, metalwork, various kinds of mementos and documents, and other forms of human keepsakes.
“The city of Vienna’s historical museum”
“Young Mother”, by Egon Schiele (1914). Schiele was a key figure in the early 20th-century Vienna Modernism cultural movement.
“Emilie Flöge”, by Gustav Klimt (1902). Klimt was another key figure in the early 20th-century Vienna Modernism cultural movement.
From 1904 to 1938, the three Flöge sisters operated their fashion and clothing shop in the Casa Piccola building on Mariahilfer Straße.
“Lady in Yellow”, Max Kurzweil (1899). The bright blue dot is a reflection of floor lighting.
The model for the painting was the painter’s wife Martha Kurzweil.
Poster: “A cry for help: read Bettauer’s weekly newsletter”. Writer Hugo Bettauer (1872-1925) fought against Article 144 of the Criminal Code which at the time made termination of pregnancy punishable with jail time of up to 5 years. He also fought against anti-Semitism and for the decriminalizing of same-sex couples.
Poster for the classic movie “Der Dritte Man” (The Third Man) which was filmed in post-war Vienna. I saw this movie in a small room at Vienna’s Burg Kino cinema house in 2022.
The people: they come, they work, and no surprise, they want to stay. (Re. post-war labour requirements to boost productivity and the economy.)
In 2000, the City of Vienna officially unveiled its memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust with a sculpture by British artist Rachel Whiteread. Situated at Judenplatz, the memorial takes on the form of an “inverted library” whose books are placed spine facing inwards. The image shows a “row of books” in detail (1996) as a model for the memorial.
“Closing time … take me home.”
I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 17 July 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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