The treasury and the pathology museum

Today was our last full day for travel adventures. I had bought a combined ticket for the Kunthistorisches Museum and the treasury. It was only 12 Euros extra and the girls had never been to a treasury museum. A treasury museum houses the jewels, crowns and regalia of the monarchy. I have viewed some treasuries of other countries before and could have done without but I thought it would be good for the girls. Well it turned out that the girls didn't want to go. They wanted to sleep in and relax. They have developed travel fatigue. I guess there are only so many churches and museums one can take a 16 year old to. Cheryl and I decided to go regardless. As billed there were lots of crowns, jewels and regalia. They jewels are all so incredibly large that they look fake. Wanting to squeeze as much out of the last day Cheryl and I headed off to the University of Vienna to the pathology museum. There was also a display dedicated to the Viennese pathologist Rokitansky. That is correct I said pathology. Up until the 1960s, there was a tradition in many pathology departments to maintain pathology museums. These museums contained either formalin fixed surgical or autopsy specimens displayed in glass containers or wax creations of disease processes. There were many great examples of advanced tumors, infectious diseases and congenital abnormalities all grouped according to disease processes. I had no idea what smallpox looked like. Cheryl really enjoyed it as well. Interestingly U of A doesn't have a pathology museum but they do have the Larry Jewell pathology room that contains a few examples of pathology specimens. By about 2 pm we were all pathologized out and it was about 36 degrees Celsius so we headed to a McDonald's cafe for some Viennese coffee. McDonald's seems to have become our favorite Viennese coffeeshop plus it is air conditioned.Read more