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The
Viennese
are
said
to
have
a
special
relationship
with
death.
"The
beautiful
corpse"
is
not
just
an
elaborate
funeral.
It
is
also
an
expression
of
an
attitude
to
life:
death
is
inevitable
-
so
let's
celebrate
it.
In
the
Bestattungsmuseum,
more
than
250
original
objects
and
pictures
-
often
exhibited
for
the
first
time
-
are
waiting
to
be
discovered
from
the
archives
of
Bestattung
und
Friedhöfe
Wien.
Among
other
things,
you
can
see
an
original
fourgon
(carriage
for
the
transport
of
dead
bodies)
from
the
time
around
the
turn
of
the
century,
numerous
uniforms
of
the
lavish
costume
according
to
the
Spanish
court
ceremonial
up
to
the
simple
gown
of
the
present.
Quirky
relics
from
a
time
when
people
feared
to
be
buried
alive
like
a
heart
knife
and
a
rescue
alarm
clock.
A
folding
coffin
from
1784,
from
the
time
of
Joseph
II,
gives
an
idea
of
how
Mozart
was
buried.
An
invoice
from
the
imperial
court
is
issued
as
a
piece
of
contemporary
history
for
the
transfer
and
burial
of
Franz
Ferdinand
and
his
wife
after
the
Sarajevo
assassination
attempt.
Interactive
and
multimedia
It
is
not
just
the
location
that
is
new,
under
the
historic
Aufbahrungshalle
two
at
the
Vienna
Central
Cemetery.
Overall,
the
entire
exhibition
is
presented
in
a
new,
interactive
and
significantly
more
modern
guise.
Thirteen
monitors
show
videos,
mostly
material
that
has
never
been
shown,
on
various
topics
such
as
film
clips
from
the
Austrian
film
archive
with
newly
discovered
and
restored
material
from
the
funeral
of
Franz
Joseph
I
and
the
magnificent
funeral
procession
for
Albert
Baron
Rothschild.
The
videos
complement
the
exhibited
objects
and
place
them
in
a
context
at
the
time
they
came
from.
An
installation
of
media
elements
and
real
objects
show
party
slips
from
different
centuries.
Perspective
representations,
which
are
created
from
backdrop
elements,
lighting
scenes
and
3D
video
overlays,
present
the
splendor
of
the
burial
in
high
society
at
the
turn
of
the
last
century.
An
audio
station
enables
the
audience
to
listen
to
the
currently
most
popular
songs
for
burials.
Showcases,
multimedia
stations,
the
opportunity
to
be
guided
through
the
museum's
stations
by
an
audio
guide
and
much
more,
round
off
the
offer
and
make
a
visit
to
the
funeral
museum
at
Vienna's
Central
Cemetery
an
incomparable
experience.
The
unique
location
in
the
second
largest
cemetery
in
Europe,
the
Vienna
Central
Cemetery,
invites
you
to
a
subsequent
tour.
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