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Museums in Innsbruck
If you are thinking about a beautiful vacation, one city that comes into our mind is Innsbruck. Innsbruck is the capital of the federal state Tyrol in western Austria and with a population of 110,000 residents; it is the fifth largest city in Austria.
Innsbruck city is also famous for the number of museums it has several around the city. One such museum is Swarovski Kristallwelten which is also called as a crystal world.
One can see beautiful crystal ware including some artistic creations of Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.
At Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum some quite dramatic Gothic-style sculptures and grand altarpieces are displayed over there. Alpine art and relief maps are the subjects explored at Innsbruck Alpenvereinsmuseum (Alpine Club Museum), while the Wunderkammer (Gallery of Wonders) at the Schloss Ambras exhibits pieces created by unusual means, along with an inspiring portrait gallery, housed on the upper floor of the actual palace.
Of all the above museums Schloss Ambras is the most important sight in Innsbruck. It is situated in the hills above the Innsbruck. The Castle of Ambras is one of the most important sights to visit in Innsbruck. Its culture and historical importance is closely connected with Archduke Ferdinand II and was his residence from 1563 to 1595. Ferdinand II was the important person among the habsburg family. He founded the magnificent collections of Ambras and had a museum built for them in the "Lower Castle".
The chamber of Art and curiosities is the one which can be still seen in its original place. The natural and artistic objects which are present in the Castle represent the late Renaissance encyclopedic collections. We can still see the corals arranged in cabinet-boxes, turnery made of wood or ivory, glass figures, or porcelain and silk paintings which belong to the oldest European collections of Asian art. There are also the artistic European works, like the carved "little death" made of wood by Hans leinberger, goblets made of rhinoceros horns, animals made of bronze, music and measuring instruments, automats and clocks. The most important things to see are the portraits of curious people like the hairy people, Vlad Dracula and others. Visit the museums around with the facility of car hire in Innsbruck and make your visit all the more enjoyable.
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