Liechtenstein also has a small national history museum. Last time I went it was full of medieval stuff, but they’d completely changed all the exhibits since then.
It’s next door to the parliament. They have 25 MPs, with two constituencies- Oberland and Unterland. Women only gained the right to vote in 1984 (when they were allowed to after a referendum only men could vote in). It’s also technically still an absolute monarchy where the Prince can veto any laws. Same-sex marriage was legalised in 2024, but abortion is still illegal.
Here is a picture from Wikipedia of what it looks like inside.
The exhibition this time was about Victorian mourning jewellery made of hair. The curator was there adjusting a few things, and we got chatting in German. He asked me if I was from the Tyrol. It was both flattering and insulting. My German is good but I sound like Heidi.
Are you even in the Alps if there isn’t any taxidermy? I’m always suspicious of it these days, due to my time working at the Natural History Museum, where I regularly had to inspect exhibits for worms. Infected items went to taxidermy jail (a big blue plastic bag, which was put in a walk-in freezer for a few weeks).
You can stroke him, but he’s not impressed.
There was also a touring interactive thing about Pompeii, which felt a bit low budget.
These dandelions were growing out of the wall by the lifts.
To get into the treasury, you had to use this fake gold coin to open the door.
They’ve basically got one crown and some Fabergé eggs. (Photo from the tourism website)
The gift shop is bad and weird.
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