Greetings
Just back from 4 nights in Vienna including spending about 5 hours at the Austrian military museum at the Vienna arsenal.
There is a lot to see, on two floors, ranging from 16th to mid 20th century. There is also a section on the navy and a limited tank park outside (Some have labels and others are just parked). Entrance is 6 euros and you can take photos (no flash) for an extra 2 euros.
There is a free audio guide although this restricts itself to a few of the exhibits and is therefore. Bit patchy (also I wasn't convinced by some if the statements). Most of the exhibit labels are entirely in German.
Some very interesting items - e.g. a 17th century Turkish watch showing time, day, month and year and made by German watchmakers! There was less on the WAS and SYW than I would have liked but there were quite a few Austrian and Prussian colours - many pretty faded. Also 1866 is a bit silent!
There is a new WWI gallery/exhibition with multiple levels and including artillery pieces - main item is a 38cm howitzer. Here the descriptions are in English and German. When I get photos off my camera and iPhone I'll upload some to photo bucket.
Regards
Edward
When we were in Upper Austria last month, they have a lot of WWI stuff going on at various museums there. Sadly I didn't get chance to see them, but they looked quite good from the brochures :(.
Can't get enough of Vienna. Been there five times now.
The Kaiserjager Museum in Innsbruck is worth a visit too. Perched up on the hills behind the city, it looks like an ordinary house, until you get inside and find it goes back and back.
That was the museum that stoked my interest in the Franco-Austrian War when I was hitching in that part of the world in the early 70s.