Anniversary magazine 300 years Principality of Liechtenstein

SPECIAL EXHIBITION
THE FOUNDATION
OF A
PRINCIPALITY
Those who wish to understand the development of
the Country of Liechtenstein should visit the special
exhibition «1719 – Tercentenary of the Principality of
Liechtenstein» at the Liechtenstein National Museum.
TEXT Doris Büchel · PHOTOS Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum
How can one pack the
history of a country that
is celebrating its 300 th
anniversary into just a
few lines? How can one pick a highlight
out of innumerable highlights
for a short article? The answer: you
don’t even try. For any attempt to
demonstrate the versatility of the
comprehensive and unique special
anniversary exhibition in just a few
words would probably be doomed
to failure. So you limit yourself to
the essentials and instead invite
everyone to visit the exhibition in
person from 27 February 2019 to 23
January 2020. Dr Rainer Vollkommer,
Director of the Liechtenstein
National Museum, cites three good
reasons for this:
D
PRINCE JOSEPH
WENZEL I OF
LIECHTENSTEIN
(1696—1772)
Painter: Circle of
Martin van Meytens,
approx. 1750.
© LIECHTENSTEIN. The
Princely Collections,
Vaduz-Vienna.
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