{"id":77523,"date":"2024-11-12T14:04:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T13:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=77523"},"modified":"2025-03-16T19:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T18:06:32","slug":"winter-in-vienna-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/winter-in-vienna-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter in Vienna exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wintersmall.jpg\" alt=\"A ruler embedded in snow\" class=\"wp-image-77475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wintersmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wintersmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>An exhibition as varied as the city itself. The Wien Museum takes a diverse look at winter in Vienna through time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nostalgia mixed with harsh realities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Includes historical photos, art, meteorology, models &amp; more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Around 600 illustrative objects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenty for kids, too<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Nov 14, 2024 &#8211; Mar 16, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">Wien Museum Karlsplatz<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">Exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Vanishing of a Season<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winterexhibition1.jpg\" alt=\"Frozen river with a layer of snow\" class=\"wp-image-77478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winterexhibition1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winterexhibition1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Picture postcard of the frozen Danube at the Reichsbr\u00fccke bridge in the winter of 1929; photo: Wien Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter is not what it once was. Why, I remember when we had to search for lost trains by poking rods through mammoth snow drifts. (Never trust your memory.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But mild is certainly the term most used with recent winters in Vienna. Not like the -15\u00b0C (5\u00b0F) encountered on one visit back in the early 90s, which almost made me cancel plans to move here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The undeniable changes to the coldest part of the year form a context for the <em>Winter in Vienna<\/em> exhibition, which presents the season across four themes and several centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 600 paintings, photos, models, installations and more illustrate the points made.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winterexhibition2.jpg\" alt=\"Person taking a photo of a Christmas market with their phone\" class=\"wp-image-77479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winterexhibition2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winterexhibition2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Sonja Bachmayer, Christmas market on the Rathausplatz, 2023; photo \u00a9 Sonja Bachmayer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Cold City<\/em> reveals the strategies used to deal with low temperatures and how the available choices have always depended on status and wealth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As I write this, deep fog has enveloped Vienna, and <em>Dark Season<\/em> explores aspects of the wintry loss of sunlight: from seasonal depression to Christmas displays and light pollution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Icy Fun<\/em> takes us into more pleasant territory and times, where sport and leisure pursuits make use of snow and ice, and chilly temperatures contributed to such cultural phenomena as Vienna&#8217;s winter balls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>White Splendor<\/em> addresses issues around snow directly: creator of beautiful cityscapes but a cause of problems in the past for supply chains and a city on the move<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winter2023.jpg\" alt=\"Bare tree branches covered in snow\" class=\"wp-image-77474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winter2023.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/winter2023-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(We still get snow now and then. I took this photo in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/prater\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35726\">the Prater<\/a> in 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Winter in Vienna<\/em> manages an excellent balancing act by mixing nostalgia with contemporary realities and a modern eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you contemplate idyllic wintry scenes portrayed in oils and watercolours, for example, you don&#8217;t lose sight of the socioeconomic issues hidden behind snow-covered walls. And you wonder if such images have a false claim on our expectations in a warmer world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking of which, the ever-present challenges of climate change run like a veneer over all the history, socioeconomics, art and pretty postcards from the 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we learn, for example, how different tree species are dealing with changing temperature patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the clever selection of display objects includes a few particular delights, such as many old views of Vienna&#8217;s churches, squares and waterways. Not to mention small surprises, like the smell of a wood fire or an ice skate made of bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Drift around winters past and present from November 14th, 2024 to March 16th, 2025. The main areas of the museum are free, but the special exhibitions require a ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sip some winter spirit outside of the museum, try a couple of seasonal Viennese experiences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/christmas-markets\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1680\">Christmas market<\/a> (open from the start of the exhibition until December 23rd, with some staying open longer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pop into an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/christmas-concert-listings\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6330\">advent concert<\/a> in a church or other historical venue (like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/karlskirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22144\">Karlskirche<\/a> next door)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Try some illuminated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/sport\/wiener-eistraum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"833\">open-air ice skating<\/a> through the park in front of city hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Treat yourself to some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/roastchestnuts\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"63\">roast chestnuts<\/a> from a roadside Maronistand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Or you can just grumble about the grit and salt on the pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Winter in Vienna<\/em> occupies the top exhibition floor of the main Wien Museum building, which has Karlsplatz station next door on the U1, U4 and U2 subway lines. Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">Wien Museum article<\/a> for travel tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1NMqkks0X31kXFcGlJhOYbfticeDu8Nk4\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition as varied as the city itself. 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