HAUS DER MUSIK (THE SOUND MUSEUM)
PLACEText: Eduard Prats Molner
An interactive discovery museum located in the heart of Vienna.
Photo © Haus der Musik
Haus der Musik (The Sound Museum) of Vienna was inaugurated on June, 15 of 2000. The building is situated right in the city center and offers 3,000 square meters of thematic surface which is divided into six floors. The ground floor is the courtyard, covered by a glass roof and surrounded by a space dedicated to special exhibitions that can be accessed for free and some little shops where to buy instruments and high quality stereos. The rest of the floors are accessible after checking in.
Photo © Haus der Musik
The stairs have a little sound installation and will guide us through the different museum areas. In the first floor we find an exhibition dedicated to the Vienna Philharmonic, considered one of the most important and finest orchestras in the world. Here we can learn about the orchestra’s history and use the interactive touch-screen terminals to access to some audiovisual complementary information.
Composing waltz by playing the dice! Photo © Haus der Musik
Two bigger installations are also to be found in the same floor: a little cinema-style projection room offering the highlights of the famous Vienna Philharmonic new year’s eve concert in high fidelity, and an interactive installation that let the visitor compose a waltz by playing the dice. The waltz compositions are rarely repeated, and the visitor can take his own “unique” composition certificate home by paying a 2.50 EUR fee.
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