the like (Monturdepot). Also in 1922, the carriages given to the museum had to leave their traditional place in the Hofstallungen, as these premises were now rented to the Wiener Messe AG, which called the building the Messepalast for decades. As there were no sufficiently large halls available in the Hofburg area, the objects were moved to the former Winter Riding School at Schönbrunn Palace. In 1947, the Carriage Museum was separated from the Directorate of the Weapons Collection (now the Hofjagd- und -rüstkammer) of the KHM, to which it had been subordinate since 1922, and established as an independent collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum with its own directorate, scientific staff and restorers. In November 2001, the last surviving Court automobile, the later Kaiserwagen built in 1914 by the Austrian company Gräf & Stift, returned to the collection on permanent loan from its former producer. Emperor Karl I had taken it to Switzerland by train when he left republican German Austria in March 1919; later Gräf & Stift had bought it back at auction. In 2007, Gloria von Thurn und Taxis lent 17 of her carriages and coaches to the museum. Components of the collection The Carriage Museum houses over 5,000 objects, most of which date from the Baroque period to the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Of the 161 carriages or carrying devices in the Wagenburg, 101 come from the stables of the Viennese court and 50 from the fleets of Austrian aristocratic houses. Around 60 vehicles are on display in the Carriage Museum's show halls. The collection is divided into the following groups: Carriages Gala carriages (imperial coaches, coronation carriages, gala lines, carousel carriages, hearses) Everyday cars (city car, touring car) Recreational vehicles (garden carts, self-carriage carts, hunting vehicles, children's carriages) Commercial vehicles (horse-drawn carriages, farm carriages, fire-fighting vehicles) Sledge Sedan chairs, carrying chairs Automobile Harnesses, saddles, saddle pads Paintings and graphics Below is a list of highlights of the museum: the gilded “Imperial Coach,” the Golden Carousel Carriage of Maria Theresia, the Child's Phaeton of Napoleon’s son, the Black Hearse of the Viennese Court, the personal Landaulet of Empress Elisabeth and the only preserved Court Automobile of 1914 by Gräf & Stift References External links Imperial Carriage Museum Virtual tour of the Imperial Carriage Museum provided by Google Arts & Culture Museums in Vienna Carriage museums Buildings and structures in Hietzing Schönbrunn Palace Kunsthistorisches Museum