The Austrian museum for Volkskunde in Vienna is the largest volkskundliche museum of Austria and is in the Laudongasse 15-19.

The museum was created 1895 by Michael Haberlandt and William Hein, both officials at the Ethnograhi department of the nature-historical museum, who were scientifically in the 1870 created Anthropologi society in Vienna connected. Legal entity is the 1894 created association for Volkskunde. In addition, the collections consider all areas of the former Austrian monarchy, to the inventory belong objects more numerously different European countries (e.g. collection Eugenie gold star). Since 1917 the museum is accommodated in the palace beautiful fount. After difficulties by the fall particularly the re-orientation pursued by director at that time Leopold Schmidt brought a consolidation to the double monarchy and the political approximations to the national socialism. 1972 took place the establishment of the Ethnographi museum in cement lake with a looking collection for the Volkskunde of east and South-east Europe. Under Klaus Beitl received the museum a new upswing, in which era Franz Grieshofer became the permanent exhibition again conceived, the museum experienced a technical opening and an international adjustment. Present chief (since 2006) is Margot Schindler.

Literature

• Leopold Schmidt: The Austrian museum for Volkskunde. And nature of a Viennese of museum. Vienna 1960

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• http://www.volkskundemuseum.at/

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