Vienna shuts its opera museum

Vienna shuts its opera museum

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norman lebrecht

August 01, 2014

The State Opera Museum, opened nine years ago on the Hanuschhof, has made a continuous loss. It was never much of a tourist attraction and of scant use to scholars, so few will mourn the culture minister’s decision to pull the plug.

Vienna has a thriving museum of music and a brilliant theatre museum. A third such place was unnecessary.

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