Building sign, city plan, or navigation system?
Wien Museum
Grades 1-6
In the Baroque period, Vienna was a magnificent city. Residential buildings, churches, and elegant garden palaces were built everywhere. But how could one know where one was in the maze of narrow streets? Especially when there were no street names and only building signs?
Pupils start by examining a huge bird’s-eye view from the time of Maria Theresa that gives them an overview. But it is not only maps that help us to find our way around. The children consider what important reference points they have in their own neighborhood. They design building signs and sketch their own plans. This program also offers an accessible and child-friendly introduction to the transition from the elegance of the Baroque to the new thinking of the Enlightenment.
Duration
Approx. 90 minutes
House sign and inn sign "Zum Roten Igel", formerly suburb, Hungelbrunn 1st, today 4th, Wiedner Hauptstraße 73, ca. 1700-1750
| Photo: TimTom, Wien MuseumDates from January 8.
Bookable Tuesdays to Fridays at 9 am and 11 am.
We look forward to your request.
