Alma M. Karlin Alone Around the World 16 September 2021 to 18 January 2022 About the exhibition About the exhibition The writer Alma M. Karlin was born in 1889. Her birth town, Celje in modern-day Slovenia, was then dominated by the rift between Slovenian and German speakers and nationalism movements in the Habsburg Empire of the time, engendering a political narrow-mindedness that Karlin spent her entire life trying to escape. She studied several languages in London and embarked on a world...

Colonialism on the Window Sill 28 May 2025 to 25 May 2026 This exhibition 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. These plants share a history with our ethnographic collections; some of them joined the objects on long naval voyages to reach Europe and the museums. Beyond the demand for medicinal plants and crops (nowadays ‘cash crops’ that are cultivated on a grand...

Lecture by Gerhard Rekel "Lina despised the restrictions imposed on her by her parents and society. She looked for opportunities to expand her knowledge and was tormented by the thought that she might never get this chance." Lina Morgenstern's achievements seem highly modern: As a Jew in Prussia, she founded public kitchens, initiated over 30 associations to support women in need and helped export the Fröbel kindergarten to England. Gerhard J. Rekel's meticulously researched book provides an...

cook café & bistro cook café & bistro The exceptional creativity and character of the cook café & bistro will captivate the senses of all visitors in the Hall of Columns, which is accessible also without a ticket. Seasonal and regional products take centre stage at the cook café & bistro: our chefs only work with the freshest of ingredients and accept nothing but highest quality. Treat yourself to our exquisite delicacies prepared with love and passion in comfortable atmosphere before, during,...

Information Weltmuseum Wien - It's all about people The Weltmuseum Wien presents itself as a venue for connecting cultures and people in unique fashion. As such, the museum is dedicated to the cultural diversity of humankind and strives to document the diverse historical ties between Austria and the world in its collections from all around the globe. As the very heart of the museum which has been reopend in October 2017, the permanent exhibition has been redesigned from the ground up. Strung...

Experience Thailand Eine Fotoreise von CARE-Projekten in Thailand 6 December 2018 to 27 February 2019 In cooperation with CARE Austria, the Weltmuseum Wien presents “Experience Thailand”, a collection of selected works by photographer Alexander von Wiedenbeck. This photo series is the outcome of a successful collaboration between the engaged artist and CARE over the past few years. © Alexander von Wiedenbeck, www.alexandervonwiedenbeck.com About the Exhibition About the Exhibition His pictures...

Dust & Silk Steppe and Silk Roads 16 December 2021 to 3 May 2022 The exhibition Dust & Silk. Steppe and Silk Roads takes visitors on a fascinating journey through the past and the present, exploring connections between these historical routes and the “New Silk Road”. Silk textiles and ikat fabrics, tea, and “wild apples” made their way to Europe along these legendary historical trade routes, which also Marco Polo to travel across Asia. Nevertheless, there has never been such a thing as the Silk...

Dark Pairing Since 20 May 2021 The postcolonial view is the view of empathy and the desire to understand; (…) The postcolonial view recognizes and recognizes hybrid cultures and identities. - Paul Michael Lützeler © Wie-yi T. Lauw About the exhibition About the exhibition This recognition of the hybrid as well as the development of colonial cultures and history is the theme of T. Lauw in Dark Pairing by interweaving plants in a fine-meshed network. Images of cultural inscription and overlay...

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...

Andersrum [vice versa] An artistic intervention by Veronika Szücs Veronika Szücs worked as a Fellow at the Weltmuseum Wien between December 2019 and November 2020 as part of her kültüřgemma! scholarship and prepared the alternative museum guide “Andersrum” – a graphic novel with protagonists from the display collection. © Veronika Szücs Graphic-Novel-Guide Graphic-Novel-Guide The graphic novel with a total of forty-eight pages portrays an imaginary walk through thirteen exhibition halls of the...

Dispersed and Connected Artistic Fragments Along the Steppe and Silk Roads The project collects and explores narrations, images and imaginations, fragments and artistic expressions of Mongolian belonging along old and new steppe and silk routes, which link dispersed and connected biographies, artistic traditions, cultural monuments and memories. These fragments will be joined in an artistic exhibition at the Weltmuseum Wien, a film montage and a concomitant scientific-artistic fieldwork book....

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,...