Sonntag, Juni 04, 2006

Weimar - Goethes Wohnhaus, Goethes Nationalmuseum

I'm skipping lunch because I'm running out of time. So, the Goethes Wohnhaus and Goethes Nationalmuseum are next.

Goethe's house in Weimar (Goethes Wohnhaus) was huge, and had more brains put it than Wagner's. The entrance fee, though already subsidized, was rather high, but after the tour through Goethe's rooms, his collections of art pieces, minerals and books, his garden and his horse shed, I thought it was all worth it. Goethe really had good tastes, and once again, the house is designed by himself. Before the tour (unguided), I watched a short clip on Goethe. It was, of course, in German, and I was able to see the fruit of my stay here - I could understand 80% of the video. I spent a long time around the second floor - because I was quite lost and had all along suspected that I had missed out some rooms here and there. There were many rooms, and small secret pathways leading to his personal rooms - that was why. I get an obsessive feeling from his all sorts of collections, ranging from sculptures to rocks and minerals. There were simply too many of them - you wonder what sort of man he really was, apart from being a well-loved writer and poet, and an important political figure.

I purchased the ticket to the Goethes Nationalmuseum next - expensive as well. His museum was... just overwhelming. Three floors of collections - from Goethe and related to Goethe. There was so much to see that after finishing three-quarter of the first floor I was already exhausted. The third (and last) floor was the most intriguing of all - I was glad I persisted till the end. Goethe's collection of fossils and animals. The skull was rather intimidating; I got a bad fright when I wasn't aware of what lies install for me. Haha. And the crocodile, and the flying creatures. Hmm. And experiments and medicine, and so many different genres of things! Goethe is a very exceptional man, I find.

It was already past 4pm when I finished my tour. Bought some stuff on Liszt at the museum shop before I left for the music university which Liszt founded.

posted by empress @ 2:00 PM