Weapon meeting

Weapon meeting

Weapon meeting (Waffensammlung)

The significant part of weapon meeting (Waffensammlung) occurs from a collection эрцгерцога Ferdinand Tirolskogo whom Ambras has brought together her in the XVI century in own lock.

The passionate collector of the most rare things though what sort, but, at first, tools, эрцгерцог contained 2 secretaries for search of rarities. Multivolume correspondence with inquiries, "pressings", the promises, made by Ferdinand and his secretaries for receiving the hotimy tool and the military equipment belonging to regal persons or known military leaders has remained.

Such makary, began probable to find the first owners practically each thing in a collection. Against will эрцгерцога, after its death the most part of a collection has been transported to Vienna and has dispersed on different meetings.

Weapon meeting

Weapon meeting (Waffensammlung)

The special enthusiasm represents the royal military equipment belonging to Maksimilian II (apprx. 1550), to Charles V and Rudolfuii (apprx. 1575).

Now expanded and added collection is a part of a collection of the museum of history of art, though is exposed not in the main building, and in halls of New Hofburga.

Weapon meeting

Weapon meeting (Waffensammlung)

Weapon meeting (Waffensammlung)