Liechtenstein Treasury

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The Engländerbau in Vaduz with the Liechtenstein treasury on the ground floor

The Liechtenstein Treasury is a museum in Vaduz that exhibits objects of great material or ideal value that are associated with the Principality of Liechtenstein . The exhibition rooms are located in the Engländerbau in the center of Vaduz and the museum is part of the Liechtenstein National Museum .

history

The Engländerbau has been used in many ways since it was built in 1933. So this was initially home to an English-American lottery company, then u. a. a tooth factory and a radio station. The building has been owned by the State of Liechtenstein since 1944 and has since been used primarily for art exhibitions and as a tourist office. The Liechtenstein Postal Museum has also been housed here since 1957 .
In the summer of 2014, the plans of the Liechtenstein National Museum to set up a “treasure chamber” in the Engländerbau were made public. After renovation work, the Liechtenstein Treasury was finally opened on March 31, 2015 on the ground floor of the Engländerbaus.

exhibition

In addition to objects owned by the State of Liechtenstein, exhibits from the princely collection are also shown in the Liechtenstein Treasury. The latter includes, for example, historical weapons, hunting cutlery and representative gifts from kings and emperors such as Friedrich II. Or Emperor Joseph II. Objects from the collection of Adulf Peter Goop , who donated his collection to the State of Liechtenstein in 2010 , are also on display . Among them are the apple blossom egg, a Fabergé egg and other jeweled golden eggs from Fabergé and other Russian jewelers. The permanent exhibition is entitled "From the Principality to the World and into Space". And so, in the treasury, lunar rocks , which the US President Richard Nixon had given Liechtenstein, are presented.

Web links

Commons : Liechtenstein Treasury  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Opening of the Liechtenstein Treasury . Address by government councilor Dr. Aurelia Frick. March 30, 2015.
  2. ^ Cornelia Hermann: The art monuments of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The Oberland. 2007, p. 307.
  3. ^ Cornelia Hermann: The art monuments of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The Oberland. 2007, p. 307.
  4. ↑ Liechtenstein opens its own "treasure chamber" In: Liechtensteiner Vaterland. April 15, 2014, p. 1.
  5. ↑ Liechtenstein Treasury . Website of the Liechtenstein National Museum. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ Liechtenstein Treasury . Website of the Liechtenstein National Museum. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ Liechtenstein Treasury . Website of the Liechtenstein National Museum. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ Liechtenstein Treasury . Tourism Liechtenstein website. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  9. ↑ Liechtenstein Treasury . Tourism Liechtenstein website. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

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