Drinking glasses, silver cutlery and porcelain, all neatly laid out on a long table: who might have dined here, alongside the hosts and the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger? What was there to eat and drink? How were the celebrations held?
The exhibition ‘The Imperial Hunters’ Table Culture’ is dedicated to the festivals and celebrations atBergisel.
Both smaller gatherings and lavish celebrations, such as the Emperor’s birthday, rarely took place without a sumptuous dinner. Even back then, the rule was: the more significant the occasion, the more elegant the menu. Today, however, crockery and cutlery, as well as historical photographs and documents, give an insight into the gatherings of the Kaiserjäger, which can be seen as representative of the celebratory culture of the middle classes around 1900. Similar to the previous exhibition on the Biedermeier period, the thematic focus of this exhibition thus once again shifts away from the military background of the Kaiserjäger towards social life at the Bergisel.
MUSEUM WHISPERS: How people ate then and now
In this episode of our museum podcast, Michael Zechmann-Khreis talks to Sonia Buchroithner and Ewald Krauss about table manners then and now.
KulturTon – the culture and education channel on FREIRAD:
A radio programme by Michael Klieber on the exhibition ‘The Tableways of the Kaiserjäger. Celebrations at Bergisel’
A journey through time to the lavish celebrations at Bergisel, which we embark on together with the director of the Tyrolean Panorama,Sonia Buchroithner, allowing ourselves to be transported back to an almost forgotten era.
Click on the image to listen to the podcast on cba.fro.at:
