Museum

Garden

When the city of Vienna acquired the Schönborn property andopened the Schönbornpark in 1862, the palace lost its largegarden complex. The only green area left as part of the prop-erty was the former Main Courtyard. During the baroque era,this small area overlooked by the palace's representative gar-den façade had been the place where coaches had been, as is il-lustrated quite nicely in the engraving by Salomon Kleiner.

After the museum had taken up residence here in 1917, the remain-ing garden area was also used for museum exhibitions. And today, thegarden remains an important part of the museum, being used for vari-ous events. The museum's Cultural Education Department runs educa-tional programs here for visitors of all ages. Each summer, the Austrian

Each summer, theAustrian Museum ofFolk Life and Folk Artinvites the public to itssummer party

Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art invitesthe public to its summer party- which alsoserves to kick off the annual open- air shortfilm festival dotdotdot. And in pleasantweather, museum café guests enjoy foodand drink here in this green urban oasis.

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