• 11.04.-12.04.2013

On second thought

Curatorial reconsiderations of collections

Workshop in cooperation with the Historical Museum Frankfurt   Registration is required! Museums primarily define themselves through their collections. The public is often told that one of the reasons for the expensive conversation of such collections is that the viewing of art...  

• 22.02.-23.02.2013

Exclamation points of history

Contemporary memorial sites in Berlin

Workshop Registration is required!   The American anthropologist Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett has stated that museum objects and in situ presentations are not given as such, but only come about through specific meta-cultural operations and museum practices. These always involve an...  

• 31.01.-01.02.2013

If, how and why?

Museums shops between culture and consumption

Workshop in cooperation with the Leopold Museum Registration is required! For many visitors, taking a final, leisurely stroll through the shop is a natural part of any museum visit. For museum professionals, however, the topic of the shop is a particularly tricky one: on the one hand,...  

• Conference
• 16.11.2012

No network?

Digital upheaval in museum storerooms

Conference in cooperation with the Department of Media Studies of the Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)  Registration required!  As part of an international conference, we will turn our attention to the changes that...  

• Conference
• 04.10.-05.10.2012

To whom does history belong?

On the change of political borders and museological responsibilities

Conference in cooperation with the Archaeology and Coin Cabinet Department of the Universalmuseum Joanneum as part of the InterArch-Steiermark EU project Registration requried!   The common history of Southern Austria and Slovenia during the Habsburg Monarchy has resulted in the...  

• Exkursion
• 13.09.-15.09.2012

Paris

The Museum World

Excursion and workshop in cooperation with the German Forum for Art History (DFK Paris) Registration required! The colonial history of France, the world expositions and an early awareness of the museum as a powerful instrument for forming national identity have made Paris a metropolis of...  

• Workshop
• 01.09.2012

MediaArt vs. ArtMedia

Theory and practice of communicating media-based art

Museological   exhibition tour in cooperation with Ars Electronica Linz Registration required!   On a tour through the exhibitions of the Ars Electronica Festival and exhibition projects going on in Linz at the same time, we will examine the museological aspects of presenting...  

• Conference
• 14.06.-15.06.2012

The Learning Museum - Learning in Museums

Conference in cooperation with the Austrian Museum Association and the Upper Austrian Provincial Museums Registration required!   When the question of the social role of the museum is raised, many people would say that education is the main or one of the key tasks of the museum. In...