Heeresgeschichtliches Museum

The architecture of the museum, however, only represented the first chapter in the idea-history of the establishment, to be followed by many more. This was the beginning of a never-ending story, so to speak. For, what Emperor Francis Joseph came to see at the laying down of the headstone for the Arsenal on 8 May 1856 and Rudolf Alt captured in a watercolour painting shortly after was far from being accomplished.