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UHON Cultural Trip 2006
Vienna, Austria

Karlsplatz
The group in front of the Karlsplatz subway station, a fine example of Secession architecture

The UHON Program 2006 cultural trip took students to Vienna, Austria to join in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Wolgang Amadeus Mozart's birth. Students participated in a 1 credit fine arts seminar in the spring semester during which they were introduced to some of the music, visual art, architecture, and history of the city. As a part of the seminar's work, these students were paired up to design "threads" tracing a theme in the art, music or history of Vienna, such as “Jewish Vienna,” “Mozart's Vienna,” or “Secession Art.” During the trip, several days began with the whole group together for a morning excursion with the students leading their classmates and faculty members on these mini-tours during the afternoons. In addition to leading a thread, each student was required to follow at least two threads led by classmates during the course of the trip. This approach allows students to become familiar with getting around in a foreign city while still having the comfort of group support.

Hundertwasser Haus
Alison enjoying a visit to the Hundertwasser Haus

Itinerary:

May 18 - the Haus der Musik (Museum of Music)

May 19 - the Historical Museum of Vienna, the Hofburg Palace including the Imperial Apartments, Sisi Museum, and Treasury;
Choice of Threads: Ottoman Turks and the Siege of Vienna, Mozart’s Vienna, Sigmund Freud’s Vienna, Fritz Hundertwasser and 20th-Century Viennese Design

May 20 - Kunsthistorisches (Museum of Fine Arts); Choice of Threads: Viennese Waltz and the Strausses, Ludwig von Beethoven’s Vienna, Viennese Secession Art, and World War I Vienna

May 21 - Group day trip to Danube Valley, including visit to the Augustinian Herzogenburg Monastery, the ruins of castle Dürnstein and the Historic Museum of Krems, the parish church Pfarrkirche St. Viet, the Wine Museum, and Melk Abbey

May 22 - Stephansdom Cathedral and Catacombs; Choice of Threads: Jewish Vienna, Adolf Hitler’s Vienna, Sigmund Freud’s Vienna;
Evening tour of Schönbrunn Palace tour followed by a formal dinner and concert of Mozart's music

May 23 & 24 - Free days (many students chose to follow their classmates' threads they had missed on the previous days)
Schonbrunn Palace
The ladies of the group dressed for dinner and a concert at Schönbrunn Palace