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Globe Museum and Esperanto Museum (Vienna)

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Globe Museum & Esperanto Museum Vienna

5 EUR (both museums)
Globe Museum & Esperanto Museum Vienna
4.5

Rating

 4.5/5

Flyctory.com Pros

  • Interesting combination of two museums
  • Very educative and unique
  • Low admission

When I visited Vienna in June 2024, I wanted to spot a wide range of the city’s attractions. Among them there were also some rather obscure and unique places, like the one I featured in this posting. The Globen- & Esperantomuseum (Globe and Esperato Museum) is in fact a combination of two very different museums, located in one building. The museum is driven by the Austrian National Library. I already took you to their State Hall before. Here is my review.

 

Globe & Esperanto Museum – Location & Admission

The two museums are located very centrally. They are hosted in the Paiais Mollard. The Herrengasse Underground station, served by the U3 line, is just steps away from the building. Other key attractions or travel alternatives are in short distance as well. For example, it is a short walk to the Vienna Hofburg or the Sisi Museum.

The museums are open daily except on Mondays (and some holidays) from 10:00 to 18:00. On Thursday, there are prolonged hours until 21:00. The combined ticket is 5 Euro, you can also buy it online beforehand. Alternatively, you buy a one-week ticket for all Vienna city museums, which is 19 Euro. The museum accepts the Vienna Pass. The barcode on the ticket opens the doors to the two museums. Documentation isin German as well as in English

 

Esperanto Museum – The Visit

The Esperanto Museum is in fact the (significantly) smaller exhibition of these two places. It is located on the ground floor of the building, the entrance is right next to the reception desk. Despite the small size and the rather unusual topic, it is actually a nice visit. You learn about the forefathers of the artificial language like Polish Ludwik Leizer Zamenhof. The Polish oculist is the inventor of Esperanto. However, the museum also displays, how Esperanto is promoted and supported until today. Even though there are just about a thousand mother tongue speakers, between 500k and two million people speak it.

Quite some original items, but also interactive screens lead to a rather educative visit. The Esperanto Museum also tells you about the basic concepts like the grammar of the language. You don’t spend that much time there. My visit was about 25 minutes.Nonetheless, I felt very inspired and fascinated afterwards.

 

Globe Museum – The Visit

At least if you are somehow interested in the topic (or not a language enthusiast), you likely spend more time on the first floor. The Globe Museum is located in there and features multiple rooms. Again, the documentation is really good, explaining the history of globes as well as how they are technically / mathematically made. The “stars” of this part of the exhibitions are of course the globes themselves. There are Earth globes as well as sky globes as well as globes for other purposes. The exhibition features the oldest Earth globe in Austria, dated as of 1536. However, the two key items in the Globe Museum are the two Mercator Globes, which are just slightly younger.

One of the most impressing parts of the museums is the Goldkabinett (“Golden Cabinet Room”), which is extremely palatial. The decoration is dated as of the 17th century. The room is connecting the two main sections of the museum. The rear section is extremely rich in regards of exhibits. Overall, this leads to a fascinating visit, which took me around 35 to 40 minutes.

 

Globe & Esperanto Museum – Services

The museum does not drive any services like a store or a cafe. There are toilets, of course. The reception desk, which is also selling tickets, was very friendly and helpful. The Globe Museum featured quite some security, which was a bit too attentive in my point of view – but I am sure that is based on bad experience with other visitors.

 

Globe & Esperanto Museum – My View

You cannot state that the combination of the two topics of the Globen- & Esperantomuseum is straightforward. However, I really liked being “forced” digging into two topics, even though you might initially just wanted to visit one of the museums. Especially based on the price, the educational value is great. The staff is really nice. Thus, if you have that slot of free time in your Vienna schedule, I would definitely try to squeeze it in.

 

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