Guided tour – permanent collection & special exhibition Tabita Rezaire On this tour of the Weltmuseum Wien's permanent collection and the special exhibition Tabita Rezaire. Calabash Nebula: Cosmological Tales of Connection , we focus on the diverse presence of female power as creator, protector and source of life. We encounter figures such as Yemoja, an Orisha from the Yoruba tradition who symbolises water, fertility and motherhood; Yebaburo from the Amazon, who created the earth...

Theme Tour: The Colours of the Earth & Tabita Rezaire The tour takes visitors to the most beautiful indigo exhibits, which illustrate the global, timeless presence and use of this special natural dye. Selected indigo textiles from North America, Indonesia, Japan, China, Ethiopia and Central Asia invite visitors to immerse themselves in the fascination of this globally widespread plant dye. During our tour, you will also encounter inspiring Mexican textiles in the special exhibition ...

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,...

Magical Opening of the new Weltmuseum Wien The time had finally come on 25 October 2017: the new Weltmuseum Wien opened its doors after three years of reconstruction – with a spectacular show curated by André Heller at Vienna’s Heldenplatz. More than 7,500 people came to celebrate with us and to light a beacon of tolerance, respect, cooperation. There was a great run on the Museum both after the show and for the Open House on 26 October 2017 – with around 9,500 visitors. Artists from all across...

Japan in the Meiji era The collection Heinrich von Siebold 13 February to 11 August 2020 The Meiji era covers the period from 1868 to 1912 in Japanese history. This was a time when the feudal state was developing into a modern super power, when Japanese society was changing and opening up to the world. This still-unknown country aroused great interest in Europe. Heinrich von Siebold, the son of the doctor and famous researcher on Japan, Philipp Franz von Siebold, travelled to Japan as a teenager...

Objects on tour Drawings by Juman Malouf 5 December 2019 to 31 January 2020 These drawings by Juman Malouf portray objects from the collections of the Weltmuseum that have been borrowed for the exhibition 'Il sarcofago di Spitzmaus e altri tesori”, curated by Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf. The exhibition is on display at the Fondazione Prada, Milan, until January 13th, 2020. The drawings are exhibited for a short time in the Galleries of Marvel at Weltmuseum Wien. Powder horn drawing © Juman...

A colonial thing 5 December 2019 to 6 September 2020 The question of how ethnographic museums should deal with their colonial pasts has been discussed even among the general public in recent years. Guidelines and recommendations have been developed that take into account the following aspects: who needs to, should, or can restitute artefacts? To whom should material culture be returned? Oracle bone devination apparatus © KHM-Museumsverband © KHM-Museumsverband About the exhibition About the...

Corporate Sponsorship The Weltmuseum Wien is an attractive partner for important Austrian businesses as well as global players with roots or business interest in Austria. Every business is unique, just as are our collections. For this reason, we would like to personally get to know our partners from the world of business: their strategies and their representatives, and only the work out an individual proposal. Become a long-term partner, or a sponsor/cooperation-partner for one of our many...

Travel & Collections S.M. Schiff Aurora, k.k. Kriegsmarine The collections of the ship Aurora from the years 1886-96, now housed in the Weltmuseum Vienna, contain over 400 objects from the Caribbean, Oceania, Africa and Asia, as well as photographs. The exemplary investigation of some provenances and the presentation of the activities, functions and intentions of the imperial royal navy ( k.k. Kriegsmarine ), building on the last research project (voyage of the ship Frundsberg 1884-85), are the...

Guided Tour Join us on a journey through 3,000 years of trouser history from around the world. From the detailed replica of a pair of trousers over 3,000 years old – originally discovered in a tomb in China – to contemporary designer trousers, you will learn about over 50 pairs and the stories behind them. Whether wrapped, buttoned or tied – two separate openings for the feet are all that’s needed for a garment to be considered trousers. The production methods range from handwoven and zero...

SUPERFLUX Ethnographies of the Craftocene 3 March to 16 August 2026 The solo exhibition The Craftocene by SUPERFLUX unfolds across three rooms, bringing together three major works for the first time: the multispecies banquet Refuge for Resurgence (2021), ongoing explorations into river intelligence Nobody Told Me Rivers Dream (2025), and a new commission created for Weltmuseum Wien, Relics of Abundance (2026). Nobody Told Me Rivers Dream © Superflux About the exhibition About the Exhibition...

Galleries of Marvel Only until 8 January 2023 24 January 2019 to 8 January 2023 New at Galleries of Marvel Sacrifices in precarious times: from the Moche culture to the current climate crisis Until 8 January 2023 Around 1,500 years ago, the Moche culture along the arid northern coast of Peru performed human sacrifices to mitigate climatic and ecological disasters caused by severe “El Niño” events. The precarious living conditions in consequence of “El Niño” have shaped societal structures and...

Insights into Japan-related Overseas Artefacts and Documents from the 19th century in Europe Research and Use This research project, initiated by Japan, is devoted to the scientific reappraisal of the Heinrich von Siebolds (1852–1908) Collection in the Weltmuseum Wien. So far, approximately 5,400 objects from the areas of art and everyday life have been made accessible since 2016 in publications, exhibitions and databases. About the project About the project The project Insights into...

(Un)Known Artists of the Amazon 24 April 2024 to 21 April 2025 This exhibition is a project jointly undertaken by the Weltmuseum Wien and the private Museu de Arte Indígena (MAI) in Curitiba, Brazil. The show’s curators, Claudia Augustat and Julianna Podolan (MAI), engage these two museum collections in dialogue, reflecting thereby the manner in which autonomous works of art have evolved from functional and ritual objects. Manoel Martins Neto Preparation for body painting (detail) 2018 © Museu...