Thursday 25. February 2010
Exhibition at the Royal Netherlands Railway Museum
The exhibition "king class, majestic journeys" will open on 15 April to 5 September in the Netherlands Railway Museum in Utrecht
The Dutch Railway Museum organized this year, a large international exhibition of Royal trains from around the world under the slogan: "top class, majestic journeys. For the first time in history, royal trains from various European countries can be admired in a single exhibition. All these wonderful features to offer the visitor a unique insight into the luxurious style of travel, the European monarchs had once used. The exhibition "king class, majestic travel" is from 15 April to 5 Be on view September in the Netherlands Railway Museum in Utrecht.
Train carriages from the possession of all the great royal houses of Europe will be seen in Utrecht. On display will be trains, cars and interiors from the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Austria, Bulgaria and Sweden. One of the absolute gems of the exhibition is one of the oldest surviving royal carriages all over the world, which was used by the British Queen is from Adelaide and 1842. The Portuguese national railway museum in Santarém has kindly provided a complete train from 1858 available, was used by Queen Pia of Portugal. Another gem is coming from Vienna, in the form of a railcar, the world of travel has been used by another monarch, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Empress Sissi. Of course, even those cars are exhibited, which were used over the years by the royal court in the Netherlands. Thanks to financial support from the Bank Giro Lottery, the railway museum is to recreate a copy of the originally constructed in 1864 for Queen Anna Pavlovna saloon car. Visitors to this exhibition, the premier class will receive a truly magnificent way. After a brief introduction to the etiquette of kings in the royal waiting room of the museum they will run past on the red carpet at the glittering royal carriages.
In addition, they meet during their visit to historical figures who know how to report in detail about the journeys of the monarch. A recurring theme of the exhibition is the stimulative effect of royal families in the promotion and expansion of the railway. Visitors can also discover how to govern the nature of the monarch, their country, changed over time, often caused by the railroad. Of course, the royal train travelers used for personal purposes, such as driving, for example, to visit family in and around the holidays.
