!!!Heeresgeschichtliches Museum

Museum of Military History, built 1850-1856 by L. Foerster and T. 
Hansen in the Moorish-Byzantine style as a "weapons museum" together 
with the  Arsenal, impressive cupola, oldest museum building in 
Vienna, open to the public since 1869. From 1891 known as the 
"K. u. k. Heeresmuseum" after the weapons section had been 
transferred to the new  Kunsthistorisches Museum. Heavily damaged 
during World War II, renovated 1946-55 and reopened by stages 
from 1955 to 1961 as Museum of Military History. On show are exhibits 
of Austrian military history from the Thirty Years´ War until 
1945. One room is dedicated to the assassination of Archduke  Franz 
Ferdinand. Contemporary issues are presented in special exhibitions. A 
research institute of military history is affiliated to the museum. It 
is subordinate to the Federal  Ministry of Defence.


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