Name: Der Wiener Prater
Brand: Birkhäuser
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ISBN: 9783035628722

Das neue Wiener Pratermuseum – die Publikation zur Ausstellung Mitten im Zentrum des Wiener „Wurstelpraters“, am Standort einer ehemaligen Spielhalle, entsteht 2024 das neue Pratermuseum, einer der ersten öffentlichen Holzbauten Wiens. Der Wiener Prater als traditionsreicher Ort des Freizeitvergnügens ist ein besonderer Sammlungsschwerpunkt des Wien Museums. Neben Originalobjekten – darunter Ringelspielfiguren, Teile einer Grottenbahn, frühe Spielautomaten und Kasperlfiguren – umfasst die Prater-Sammlung Pläne, Modelle, Fotos, Eintrittskarten, Programmhefte, Plakate sowie Kunstwerke. Das Buch stellt die Highlights der mehr als 300 Objekte des neuen Pratermuseums vor. Es geht um die großen Themen des modernen Lebens – das Verhältnis von Natur und Stadt, Mensch und Tier, moderner Technik und menschlichem Körper. <UL> <LI>Der Katalog zur Ausstellung des neuen Pratermuseums des Wien Museums </LI> <LI>Erscheint gemeinsam mit dem Aufsatzband Der Wiener Prater. Labor der Moderne anlässlich der Eröffnung des neuen Wiener Pratermuseums im März 2024 </LI> <LI>Mit zahlreichen großformatigen Abbildungen </LI></UL>

The new Prater Museum – the exhibition publication At the center of the Wurstelprater amusement park, on the site of a former amusement arcade, the new Prater Museum, one of Vienna’s first public buildings to be constructed in wood, will open in 2024. The role of the Prater park as a traditional place of leisure and amusement is a special focus of the Wien Museum. In addition to original objects – including carousel figures, parts of a ghost train, early slot machines, and Punch and Judy figures – the Prater collection includes plans, models, photographs, admission tickets, program booklets, posters, and works of art. This book introduces the highlights of the more than 300 objects in the new Prater Museum. It deals with the big issues of modern life: the relationship between nature and city; man and animal; modern technology and the human body. <UL> <LI>The catalog for the exhibition of the new Prater Museum of the Wien Museum, Vienna </LI> <LI>Published together with the essay collection entitled Der Wiener Prater. Labor der Moderne to mark the opening of the new Vienna Prater Museum in March 2024 </LI> <LI>With numerous large-format illustrations </LI></UL>

Wien; Prater; Ausstellungskatalog; Pratermuseum; Architektur; Stadtgeschichte; Stadtplanung; Städtische Kultur; Vergnügungspark

Prater (Vienna); exhibition catalog; architecture; urban history; urban planning; urban culture; amusement park; urban sociology

Exhibition catalogues and specific collections

Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings

City and town planning: architectural aspects

Ein Ort für alle

Der Wiener Prater

Susanne Winkler, Historikerin, Kuratorin am Wien Museum Werner Michael Schwarz, Historiker, Kurator am Wien Museum

Susanne Winkler, historian and curator, Wien Museum, Vienna Werner Michael Schwarz, historian and curator, Wien Museum, Vienna

The new Prater Museum – the exhibition publication   At the center of the Wurstelprater amusement park, on the site of a former amusement arcade, the new Prater Museum, one of Vienna’s first public buildings to be constructed in wood, will open in 2024.  The role of the Prater park as a traditional place of leisure and amusement is a special focus of the Wien Museum. In addition to original objects – including carousel figures, parts of a ghost train, early slot machines, and Punch and Judy figures – the Prater collection includes plans, models, photographs, admission tickets, program booklets, posters, and works of art.  This book introduces the highlights of the more than 300 objects in the new Prater Museum. It deals with the big issues of modern life: the relationship between nature and city; man and animal; modern technology and the human body.    The catalog for the exhibition of the new Prater Museum of the Wien Museum, Vienna  Published together with the essay collection entitled Der Wiener Prater. Labor der Moderne to mark the opening of the new Vienna Prater Museum in March 2024  With numerous large-format illustrations 

The new Prater Museum – the exhibition publication   At the center of the Wurstelprater amusement park, on the site of a former amusement ar

Der Wiener Prater

Ein Ort für alle

Werner Michael Schwarz, Susanne Winkler