Vindobona. Roman Vienna
Roman Museum (a location of the Wien Museum)
Guide: Dr. Kristina ADLER-WÖLFL, Stadtarchaeologie Wien
Date: Tuesday November 3rd, 2:00 pm (Meeting point: Registration desk)
Entrance fee: free
Max.: 25 paricipants
The Roman Museum is located above the best preserved remains of Vindobona, the roman officers’ houses. It has been opened in 2008 and is a modern museum, which tells the story of Roman Vienna. The permanent exhibition concentrates on the growth of Vienna during the 2nd and 3rd century A.D. The key focus is the location of the settlement centres (legionary fortress, canabae legionis and civilian settlement) and the daily life of its inhabitants. Computer animations, graphics and wall illustrations support a better imagination and understanding of the exhibition’s content.
There is also a small room for temporary exhibitions. The actual exhibition “Brennen für Vindobona. Die römischen Legionsziegeleien in Hernals” is about the tile production of the Roman legion. The remains of two tile-kilns were found in 2012/2013 in Vienna’s 17th district (Hernals) in Steinergasse 16. According to tile-stamps of the 13th and 14th legion the kilns were built at about 100 A.D. One of them was reused for burials at about 800 A.D. by the Avars.