For the first time in more than 100 years you can admire the Victoria in the Imperial Carriage Museum that Emperor Franz Joseph was particularly fond of riding in during the last few years of his life. Millions of people were familiar with the sight of the ageing monarch riding out in his “personal Victoria carriage”. At the end of the mon-archy, however, the vehicle appeared to have gone missing.
This display reveals how the team at the Imperial Carriage Museum succeeded in find-ing the Victoria in a collection of dilapidated stud farm carriages and through a metic-ulous renovation process restore it to its original condition.
Berthold Dominik Lippay, 1891
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Imperial Carriage Museum, inv. Z 19
Condition of the ‘Personal Victoria no. 10’
before and after the restoration
Emperor Franz Joseph’s summer carriage or ‘Personal Victoria no. 10’
Kölber Brothers (Budapest), 1896
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Imperial Carriage Museum, inv. W151
Detailed background information
on Victoria and her colourful history
in German language
Mitschnitt des Donnerstagabends im Museum vom 6. Juni 2024, Bassano Saal Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vortrag von Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner, Direktorin der Kaiserlichen Wagenburg, Michaela Morelli, Textil-Restauratorin der Kaiserlichen Wagenburg & Matthias Manzini, Kutschen-Restaurator der Kaiserlichen Wagenburg
Vorstellung & Moderation durch Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur, Direktorin Kaiserliche Schatzkammer & Kunstkammer Wien
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Information
24 October 2024
to 4 May 2025
Museum of Carriages and Department of Court Uniforms
Schloß Schönbrunn, 1130 Wien
15.3. until 30.11.
Daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
1.12. until 14.3.
Daily, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tickets
The presentation is included in the museum admission.
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Experience an extensive programme in the seven museums and collections of the KHM Museum Association with the Annual Ticket.