Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 1 - Introduction Click title to see 3 more pictures Today, we arrived at opening time at the museum.  To do this we had to leave very early in the morning, before the sun was up.  Cruised the Autobahn at a high rate of speed and found a surprisingly close parking place less than a block away from the front door! Now this museum is not small... it is 5 large floors of fantastic exhibit

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 2 - Dinosaur Exhibit Click title to see 1 more pictures The first place we visited at the museum was the Dinosaur exhibit.  It was the first room just to the left of the front entrance. Since it was just a couple days before Christmas, they had a big bow on one of the animatronic dinos. It was fun to see. The boys hesitated to pose in front of an Allosaurus that was moving,

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 3 - Tibet Exhibit Click title to see 6 more pictures Following the dinosaur exhibit, we found ourselves in the Tibet exhibit.  This consisted of a number of great dioramas of the animals, places, people and the culture of Tibet. Here are a couple of detail shots of the animals found there.  The vultures were quite realistic and well done. There was also a couple great te

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 4 - Aquarium Click title to see 4 more pictures Sometimes, viewing things in other countries gives a new perspective on things.  Aquariums are no exception to this.  It was very clearly illustrated to us in the Canary islands.  Tenerife was where we visited the European version of the American Sea World.

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 5 - Interactive Leaf Exhibit Click title to see 2 more pictures While traveling through the corridors, we were drawn in by a demonstration.  The boys helped to strip the meat of a leaf away, leaving only the veins of the leaf.  The final product was incredibly detailed.  It is a great study of the circulatory system of the common leaf... something that is easy to overlook. Salzburg Na

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 6 - Myths and Legends Click title to see 5 more pictures One of the interesting exhibits that I do not recall seeing it's equal in any museum was the Myths and Legends exhibit.  It illustrated some of the unproven claims that have been described over the years.  It was very creative.  I only wished my understanding of German was better to have got more out of it at the time.  With that in mind, I frequen

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 7 - Africa exhibition with a focus on deserts: Sahara, Kalahari, Namib Click title to see 5 more pictures On the third floor, this exhibit is well done.  It is an interactive display that places the visitor in the middle of the environments that you would typically find in the various parts of Africa. The signature dioramas were well detailed.  I wish I had the plaques for some of these, but self-explanation is easy to find by the nature

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 8 - Space Hall On the second floor, the space exhibit we fascinating to look at!  It is the first time that I have ever seen a space exhibit outside of the USA, and it was apparent, too. Now don't get me wrong, all the exhibits I have seen in the USA are good, but there is a definite bias shown in the display.  Whether by design

Salzburg Natural History Museum - Page 9 - Reptile Zoo with and extensive collection of poisonous snakes! Click title to see 22 more pictures Easily, the most impressive part of the museum was the Reptile Zoo.  I have been to many museums, zoos and exhibits, but this exceeds any I have ever seen.  There are over 50 terraria housing about 200 animals.  These exhibits are designed so well that you can come within inches of the specimens and study every detail of movement, markings and more

Hohensalzburg Fortress - Page 3 Click title to see 4 more pictures The Marionette Museum is only 2 rooms but it is well done, you can see how they make marionettes and many of the puppets, like the original marionettes from Amadeus, the Wizard of Oz, Prices and Princesses, troll and villain plus much more. We were able to see a sampling and this is such an art form. The puppeteers are truly amazing.

Hohensalzburg Fortress - Page 4 Click title to see 5 more pictures After the fortress we walked through town window shopping and made a stop at Mozart Square where there is a statue of Mozart and we even watched the ice skating. In the middle of the platz, they have an ice skating ring for the holidays. We continued to walk through the streets to Mozart's birthplace, this modest place is where Mozart was born and

Salt Mine - Salzburg, Austria Click title to see 12 more pictures Today we headed to Salzburg Austria to the Salt Mines of Halein. It seems 250 million years ago slat deposits were formed by the sea and over the course of the formation of the alps enclosed then in rock and the Durrnberg Salt Mountain was formed. We took a tour of a former working salt mine. After purchasing our tickets and adorning our white jump

Cathedral - Salzburg, Austria Click title to see 7 more pictures We found a parking space inside of the mountain, it was very convenient to the festival platz, we walked through the Christmas Market and listen to some great music (Christmas carols). Next we went to the Cathedral. The first Cathedral was constructed in 784 it was a 3 bayed church that was 66 meters long and 33 meters wide. In 1183 a transformatio

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