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Imperial Sightseeing: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este’s Journey to India [07/07/2010 - ]
Special Exhibition
7 July 2010 -
Opening date: Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 7:00 p.m.
On his journey around the world in 1892-1893, Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited many places. Included among these were India and Ceylon. From tiger hunts to court ceremony, Franz Ferdinand’s adventures were documented by well-known photographers such as Eduard Hodek from Vienna or Indian Lala Deen Dayal.
80 historical photographs as well as miniatures on ivory and paper selected from the Archduke’s enormous “Souvenir Collection” have been brought together for the first time for an exhibition in the Museum of Ethnology.
An E-Publication will accompany the exhibition: ISBN 978-3-200-01875-4
Free download from 7/7/2010 onwards: http://imperial-sightseeing.univie.ac.at
The Museum of Ethnology
Neue Burg
A-1010 Vienna
www.khm.at/mvk
Tel. +43 1 525 24-5052, -5053
Opening hours
Monday, Wednesday - Sunday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Tuesdays
Prob. Eduard Hodek: The Archduke after tiger hunting in Sariska, Alwar, Rajasthan. 1892, collodion paper, mounted, 16.5 x 22 cm, The Museum of Ethnology Vienna, Photo Collection VF_14455
Colombo Apothecaries Co. Ltd.: Rubber tree in the Botanical Garden Peradeniya, Kandy, Ceylon (Shri Lanka). 1893, collodion paper, mounted, The Museum of Ethnology Vienna, Photo Collection VF_14800
The exhibition is the result of a cooperation between the Department of Art History of the University of Vienna and the Museum of Ethnology.
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Exhibition Coordination: Christine Zackel, Tina Maria Seyfried
In collaboration with students of the Department of Art History, University of Vienna:
Maria-Katharina Bodenstein, Jürgen Buchinger, Anja Cervenka, Jenny Gebler,Nina Hanousek, Andreas Haubner, Verena Häusler, Alexandra Iby, Elfriede Linsbauer, Mila Moschik, Katharina Ott, Katrin Penold, Katharina Rumplmair, Edwina Loreen Sasse, Katharina Schirmer, Veronika Maria Seber, Dana Seitz, Sophie Stieber, Monica Strinu, Kristina Zulus