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Globe Museum
The Globe Museum (german: Globenmuseum) is a museum in the Palais Mollard-Clary, Palais Mollard, Vienna, Austria, part of the Austrian National Library. It was opened in 1956, and is the only public museum in the world devoted to globes, being three-dimensional Physical model, models of Earth or other celestial bodies, or spherical representations of the celestial sphere. History As early as the 19th century, there was a globe collection within the Vienna Imperial Library, the forerunner to the Austrian National Library. The globes in this collection were acquired either as purchases or as gifts (for example, Vincenzo Coronelli created two globes especially for Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658 to 1705, with each globe having an engraved portrait of the Emperor and an inscription). In 1921, the geographer, Eugen Oberhummer, conducted an inventory of the collection and found eight globes of various sizes (both terrestrial and celestial), and two armillary spheres. In 1922, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Mollard-Clary
Palais Mollard-Clary is a Baroque architecture, Baroque palace in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the first district Innere Stadt, at Herrengasse 9. It was built from 1686 to 1689 for Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Imperial Count Franz Maximilian von :de:Mollard (Adelsgeschlecht), Mollard (1621-1690). In 1760, it was bought by Count Franz Wenzel von Clary und Aldringen. Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II held his famous "round tables" here. Since 2005 it has been used by the Austrian National Library and houses the Globe Museum, the Department of Music and the Department of Planned Languages and Esperanto Museum. External links Austrian National Library [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
