Globe Museum

The Globe Museum is a museum in the , , Austria, part of the . It was opened in 1956, and is the only public museum in the world devoted to globes, being three-dimensional models of Earth or other celestial bodies, or spherical representations of the celestial sphere.
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  • Opening hours:
    June—September: Friday—Wednesday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM; Thursday 10:00 AM—9:00 PM
    October—May: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM; Thursday 10:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Vienna, Austria
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Esperanto Museum and Collection of Planned Languages and Palais Mollard-Clary.

Museum
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The Esperanto Museum of the is one of the oldest language museums in the world and one of the major institutions of its kind.

Castle
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is a Baroque palace in , . It is located in the first district , at Herrengasse 9. It was built from 1686 to 1689 for Imperial Count Franz Maximilian von Mollard.

Theater building
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The (; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as " Court Theater", originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. is situated 320 metres west of Globe Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Josefstadt.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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is the 8th district of . It is bounded on the north side by Alser Straße, by the "2er Linie" on the east, Lerchenfelder Straße on the south, and the Gürtel on the west.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Globe Museum

Latitude
48.20937° or 48° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
16.36554° or 16° 21′ 56″ east
Inception
1956
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Open location code
8FWR6958+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 327119600
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q666713
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Globe Museum” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Musiksammlung and Sammlung für Plansprachen.

Nearby Places

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