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title: "An idyllic world in a mini Diorama"
date: 2017-12-21
last_modified: 2025-02-03T12:07:22+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-18T15:09:37Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/interview-snowglobe-vienna-erwin-perzy-interviews-en/"
description: "How the world’s first snow globe came about and why even adults are unable to resist them: A phone call with Erwin Perzy III, grandson of Erwin Perzy, who founded the Vienna snow globe factory."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Header_Vienna_Snowglobe_Interview.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# An idyllic world in a mini Diorama