From the 19th to the 21st Century

Privatisation and the status of museums in civil society

03.06. - 04.06.2013

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Date

03.06. - 04.06.2013

Location

Museumsakademie Joanneum, Kunsthaus Graz

Meeting point

Kunsthaus Graz (AT)

Costs

The event is free of charge for participants.

External registration

Please register via e-mail.

 

Contact
+43-664/8017-9537
museumsakademie@museum-joanneum.at

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About the
Event

The privatisation of the Universal Museum Joanneum in 2003 was probably the museum’s biggest organisational change in its 200-year history. We would like to take the occasion of the Joanneum’s 10-year anniversary as a company to evaluate all the privatisations that have taken place in many Austrian museums since the 1990s and that were and still are a major issue for many museums within and beyond the German-speaking world: What explanations and reasons were given for granting museums their autonomy? What expectations of the owners and operators have (not) been fulfilled? What types of legal status are available for privatisations? What are the pros and cons of these different types of legal status? How have the organisational structures developed since privatisation, and what about the profiles and responsibilities of museum executives? We shall take stock of the current situation and offer an outlook for the future.


With
André Alvarado-Dupuy Authorised signatory and Head of Human Resources Management and Visitor Services, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (AT)
Christian Buchmann Provincial Councillor for Economic Affairs, Europe and Culture, Styrian Provincial Government, Graz (AT)
Michael Franz Head of the Department of Culture, BMUKK, Vienna (AT)
Paul Frey Commercial Director, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (AT)
Paul Gessl Managing Director Lower Austrian Cultural Industries, St. Pölten (AT)
Irene Knava Management Consultant and Business Trainer Audiencing, Vienna (AT)
Heimo Konrad Managing Director, GQ Kulturberatung und Kulturforschung KG, Vienna (AT)
Christian Kircher Financial Director, Wien Museum (AT)
Cornelia Lamprechter Managing Director, Kunstmeile Krems (AT)
Erich Marx Former Director, Salzburg Museum, Salzburg (AT)
Wolfgang Muchitsch Director, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz (AT)
Peter Pakesch Director, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz (AT)
Gottfried Paulus Economic Director, Museum der Moderne Salzburg (AT)
Joachim Rössl Head of Science and Research Department, Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government, St. Pölten (A)
Franz Sattlecker Managing Director, Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H, Vienna (AT)
Wilfried Seipel President ICOM-Austria, Vienna (AT)
Peter Tschmuck Deputy Director, Institute for Cultural Management and Cultural Studies, Vienna (AT)
Artemis Vakianis Commercial Director, Steirischer Herbst, Graz (AT)
Artur Vonblon Former Commercial Director, Vorarlberger Kulturhäuser Betriebsgesellschaft, Bregenz (AT)
Peter Weinhäupl Commercial Director, Leopold Museum, Vienna (AT)
Karl Wurzer Managing Director, Landesmuseum Kärnten, Klagenfurt (AT)

Conception and design
Markus Enzinger Universal Museum Joanneum, Graz (AT)
Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen Museum Academy Joanneum, Graz (AT)