Tabita Rezaire. Calabash Nebula: Cosmological Tales of Connection 17 September 2025 to 11 January 2026 As part of its exhibition format WMW Contemporary, the Weltmuseum Wien presents the first solo exhibition in Austria by multidisciplinary artist and activist Tabita Rezaire (*1989), who lives in French Guiana. In her work, Rezaire celebrates the cyclical nature of life, questions colonial power relations, and opens our eyes to a cosmology in which space is not just a place of research and...

The Colours of the Earth. Modern Textile Art in Mexico 22 October 2025 to 6 April 2026 The exhibition, part of the WMW Contemporary format, is a visual and sensory tribute to the colourful textile heritage of indigenous communities in Mexico. It shows how ancient dyeing and weaving traditions are being revived and reinterpreted in a contemporary context. Information Kontakt Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Lamprecht (Leitung) T +43 1 525 24 4021 Mag. Sarah Aistleitner T +43 1 525 24 4025 Tanja Stigler T...

Who‘s Wearing the Pants? 25 March 2025 to 1 February 2026 Buy Ticket Trousers sokoto, Nigeria, c.1980, viscose, synthetics, cotton. Weltmuseum Wien, inv. 188524b; Barbara Plankensteiner collection, purchased 2009, vintage, in Nigeria © KHM-Museumsverband, Weltmuseum Wien Skinny, baggy, formal, PJ-style: they are a deeply familiar global phenomenon that comes in all shapes and sizes. To many of us, they form a part of a personal identity, they trigger gender and generational conflicts, they are a...

Dance Workshop Dancing is very important for our mental and physical well-being. We invite you to learn together Tari Poco Poco, an Indonesian line dance led by Romo Tanto. Organized by the Weltmuseum Wien Friends in cooperation with the Ambassy of the Republic of Indonesia and the Austrian Indonesian Society. Duration : 60 min. Participation : free Registration : friends@weltmuseumwien.at Meeting Point : Hall of Columns Weltmuseum Wien Friends,...

Out of the Box Moving Worlds 12 April to 18 September 2018 Out of the Box establishes a dialogue between people with transnational identities living in Vienna and museum objects. In this context, people of different backgrounds and with different stories comment objects of the Weltmuseum Wien from their very own perspective. © All images: Aleksandra Pawloff About the exhibition About the exhibition The exhibition Out of the Box adds personal accounts to the overall narration of the Weltmuseum...

Cultural Heritage - Your bequest lives on The magnitude of the collections is to a great extent due to the generosity of individuals who collected, and who bequeathed their treasures to the predecessors of the Weltmuseum Wien – the Imperial and Royal Court Museum of Natural History and later the Museum of Ethnology. In the past, patrons – amongst them the Habsburgs – with their generous financial contributions were often the first enable research expeditions and study trips which have so...

Extinctions!? An exhibition as part of the project TAKING CARE 23 February 2023 to 2 April 2024 In light of the ongoing climate crisis and its impact on biodiversity, questions and fears of endangerment and loss are at the centre of public discourse. A sixth major extinction event is expected in the course of the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is the age in which humans become the most important factor influencing the biological, geological and atmospheric processes of the Earth. Zemi belt,...

Give & Join The Weltmuseum Wien possesses internationally unique cultural treasures from all five continents. It is the most important Museum in the country dedicated to non-European culture, and reflects Austria's relationship with the world. We need financial support to realise our wide range of tasks. Volunteer project with the artist George Nuku © Felix Abrudan Donations Your Donation helps! The Weltmuseum Wien possesses internationally unique cultural treasures from all five continents....

#MuseumFromHome #weltmuseumwien Follow us on Facebook and Instagram , where we will keep you up to date. Digital guided tours Digital guided tours Weltmuseum Wien Insights What is actually on display at the Weltmuseum Wien? Accompany our cultural mediators Stella Asiimwe and Muhammet Ali Bas on a journey through the collections on display. INSIGHT #1 - Weltmuseum Wien introduces itself INSIGHT #3 - South Seas. Where do the deceased belong to? INSIGHT #5 - Into a New World: We still exist....

A Little Bit of Everything 24 April to 22 September 2024 A special feature of the collections in the Weltmuseum Wien is their great variety of materials. Recognizing them is sometimes child's play: a boat is made of wood, a plate of ceramic. Other materials, however, must first be examined under a microscope or with chemical analyses. Is a piece of jewelry really made of gold or brass? Is a piece of clothing made of sheep's wool or synthetic fiber? The collections of the Weltmuseum Wien house...

Who’s Wearing the Pants? 25 March 2025 to 1 February 2026 In its major special exhibition 2025, the Weltmuseum Wien takes a journey through 3,000 years of trouser history from around the world and uses this symbolic item of clothing to pose the question: ‘Who wears the trousers?’ The large annual exhibition shows treasures and many a bizarre find from the collections of the Weltmuseum Wien, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Theatermuseum as well as loans from Austrian museums and...

Re:Present Unlearning Racism 8 August 2021 to 1 March 2022 Re:Present is an exhibition project of the Calle Libre Street Art Festival in cooperation with Weltmuseum Wien. Activists and artists - among others from the street art scene - take an artistic stance on topics such as racism, colonialism and representations of oneself and others in the imperial spaces of the Weltmuseum Wien. About the exhibition About the exhibition Re:Present is the theme of the Calle Libre Street Art Festival 2021....

Whatever You Throw at the Sea... Zara Julius 27 April 2023 to 2 April 2024 Whatever You Throw at the Sea… is a research-derived audio-visual project by Johannesburg-based artist and researcher Zara Julius. Having critically engaged the collections of the Weltmuseum Wien and those of the Phonogrammarchiv at ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences) during a research residency in the summer of 2022, the project eventually culminates in an installation at Weltmuseum Wien in April 2023. Zara Julius’s work...

Colonialism on the Window Sill 28 May 2025 to 25 May 2026 The new exhibition Colonialism on the Window Sill shines a spotlight on ten plants that have been favourites of European living rooms and balconies for centuries, though their natural habitats are outside the continent. Star pine, ficus tree, aloe vera, begonia, geranium/pelargonium, bow string hemp, spider plant, dieffenbachia, cactus, and the African violet: they exemplify the complex interweaving of botany and ethnographic collection...

Your Donation helps! The Weltmuseum Wien possesses internationally unique cultural treasures from all five continents. It is the most important Museum in the country dedicated to non-European culture, and it reflects Austria’s relationship with the world. For doing the costly renovations and conservation measures for the precious objects, as well as conducting research in connection with the new exhibits and other culturally diverse events, we require your additional help. There will also be a...