190 CultureShock! Austria
Paying Your Respects
If you wish to pay your respects, visit the Zentralfriedhof (Central
Cemetery) where Beethoven, Schubert, the entire Strauss family,
Brahms, Schoenberg and Gluck are buried. Though Mozart is
buried in an unmarked grave in Saint Marxer Friedhof, there is
a large memorial to the composer in the Ehrengräber (Tombs
of Honour) section of the Zentralfriedhof. Gustav Mahler, who
converted to Catholicism because of anti-Semitism, was buried
in Grinzinger Friedhof in 1911. His tombstone was designed by
Jugendstil architect and Wiener Werkstätte co-founder, Josef
Hoffman. Another option is to take a stroll through the Stadtpark
in Vienna, which is dotted with busts and statues of the great
composers, as well as authors and painters.Salzburg
In addition to Mozart’s birthplace, you can visit the
Rupertinum Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
and Carolino Augusteum Museum. The Natural History
Museum has aquariums, a reptile zoo, insect gallery and
dinosaur exhibit.You can also experience first-hand the salt
mines that produced much of the region’s wealth. Stiegl’s
Brauwelt shows how beer is made, and the museum provides
historical information on the beverage. In Salzburg, you can
also see the tombs of the prince-archbishops in the crypt of
the cathedral.Innsbruck
The Museum of Tyrolean Folk Art has wonderful displays of
Tyrolean costumes, living quarters, furniture and tools—a
great introduction to Tyrol. The Tyrolean Provincial Museum
Ferdinandeum houses the largest collection of Gothic
art in Austria. You can also find the old masters here as
well as Baroque art. The Maximilianeum has original art
pieces, weapons and gold and coins from the treasury. The
Tyrolean Regional Museum, located in Maximilian I’s arsenal,
offers a varied collection related to the history of Tyrol—
cartography, music, hunting, avalanches and the fire brigade.
The Alpine Museum has Alpine art from two centuries,