Explore Austria's digital cultural heritage

**Lustige Gesellschaft in einer Gondel, Anton Romako**
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

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Explore more than a million objects from museums, libraries, and archives.

Discover treasures from art, culture, and Austrian history. In Kulturpool you will find images, text, sound, video, and 3D from all over Austria – easily accessible, searchable and visible for everybody.

**Blumenstudie Orchidee**
Foto: Birgit und Peter Kainz, Wien Museum (https://sammlung.wienmuseum.at/objekt/475801/)

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Orchids

Orchids inspire artists: from flower studies and decorations to patterns that use elements of this plant family found all over the globe.

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**Wunderkammer Julius Finger, Anonym**
Villa North

Introducing

Villa North and Julius Finger

Villa North on Lake Millstatt, the residence of ornithologist and collector Julius Finger, today bears witness to the close connection between science and art and houses a diverse archive and cultural programme.

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**Katalog der V. Ausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs Secession**
Vereinigung Bildender Künstler, Wiener Secession

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Ausg'stellt is!

Exhibition catalogues from the Belvedere Digital Library documenting historical exhibitions in Vienna

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**Musiknoten aus der Bibliothek von Helene und Alban Berg**
Alban Berg Stiftung

Introducing

Alban and Helene Berg's Library

Alban and Helene Berg's library at Trauttmansdorffgasse 27 in the Hietzing district of Vienna contains around 3,500 books, music scores, journals, brochures and other documents from the 18th to 20th centuries.

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**Drohnenaufnahme des heutigen Heidentors**
Landessammlungen Niederösterreich

The “Twin it!” campaign

Making-of

What is needed to digitise a monument in 3D that is over 12 metres high and wide? The making-of video explains the drone flight and the design of the 3D models.

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Digital Identities Storytelling Lab

In February, the 5th edition of the Digital Identities Storytelling Lab takes place. The 2-day workshop will be held in English at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.

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Kulturpool

Kulturpool in “Neues Museum”

In the June issue of “Neues Museum” magazine, we present the Kulturpool and its possibilities for digital cultural heritage.

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**Bildschirmfoto der Rekonstruktion des Heidentors**
Landessammlungen Niederösterreich

The “Twin it!” campaign

The Heidentor on Europeana Pro News

Austria's contribution to the European Commission’s 3D campaign revitalises the history of the nearly 2000-year-old Roman monument, as featured in an article on Europeana Pro News.

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**Die Bibliothek von Alban und Helene Berg**
Alban Berg Stiftung

Alban Berg Foundation

The library of Alban and Helene Berg preserves, books, music scores, journals, brochures and other documents from the 18th to the 20th century. The digital objects of the Alban Berg Foundation provide an insight into the life and work of the composer Alban Berg.

Ars Electronica Center

We have been analyzing and commenting on the Digital Revolution since 1979. Since then, we have been developing projects, strategies and competencies for the Digital Transformation.

**BOKU LArchiv Gregor Mendel Haus**
Gregor-Mendel-Haus, Christoph Gruber BOKU-IT, BOKU University

Archive of Austrian Landscape Architecture at BOKU University

The archive preserves the cultural heritage of landscape architecture in Austria. It provides a repository and a resource for international research, teaching and practice and raises awareness of historical open spaces.

**Magazin der Österreichischen Mediathek**
Österreichische Mediathek, Peter Sedlaczek

Austrian Mediathek

With more than two million audio recordings and videos, the Austrian Mediathek preserves Austria's audivisual cultural heritage.

**Österreichische Nationalbibliothek**
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek / Pichler

Austrian National Library

As the central academic library of the Republic of Austria, the Austrian National Library looks back to a history rich in tradition going as far as the 14th century.

Belvedere

The Belvedere in Vienna is one of the leading museums worldwide. Its famous art collection includes works ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day. Austrian art in an international context is presented in three locations.

**Kaufbrief über eine Liegenschaft in Reval (Tallinn, Estland). Pergamenturkunde mit angehängten Siegeln. 29.08.1635**
Estnisches Staatsarchiv

ICARUS – International Centre for Archival Research

ICARUS – International Centre for Archival Research is a non-profit association under Austrian law based in Vienna and consists of more than 180 public entities.

**Online-Sammlung der Landessammlungen Niederösterreich**
Landessammlungen Niederösterreich

State Collections of Lower Austria

Museums all over Lower Austria show a selection from their extensive collection of the State Collections of Lower Austria.

**Außenansicht MAK**
Hertha Hurnaus / MAK, 2023

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

The MAK is a museum for art and everyday life. Located between the adjacent Stadtpark and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, its collection of over 900,000 objects and prints from across five centuries makes the MAK one of the most important museums of its kind in the world.

**Naturhistorisches Museum**
Kurt Kracher

Natural History Museum Vienna

The Natural History Museum Vienna preserves, expands, researches and presents its extensive collections covering biology, earth sciences, anthropology and archaeology in a building designed as a total work of art.

Regional museums Lower Austria Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich

The Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich is a service institution for regional museums.

**Haus der Salzburger Volkskulturen**
Salzburger Volkskultur

Salzburg's regional museums and collections

Salzburg‘s regional museums have the the task of collecting, preserving, exhibiting and communicating tangible and intangible cultural heritage to specific target groups.

The Albertina Museum

The collections of the Albertina museum comprise approximately 1.2 million works of art – from the Renaissance to the present day and from painting to photography.

**Lesesaal Wienbibliothek im Rathaus**
Pia Odorizzi

Vienna City Library

The Vienna City Library collects the heritage of great writers, musicians and scientists as well as posters, magazines and books focussing on Vienna.

VILLA NORTH – Space for contemporary art, culture and interdisciplinary research

VILLA NORTH offers a broad archive of the design professor Peter North and a renowned cultural programme. With access to 10,000 digital reproductions, specialised literature and international residencies, the organisation supports interdisciplinary discourse.

**Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek**
Gerhard Kresser

Vorarlberg State Library

The Vorarlberg State Library is an academic library that promotes education, science and culture in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

Wien Museum

The Wien Museum is an open house, committed to a pluralistic, cosmopolitan, and progressive society. The aim is to be a cultural resource and inspiring place for everyone living in Vienna as well as for the city’s visitors.

**Historischer Lesesaal der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol**
Birgit Pichler

University and State Library of Tyrol

The University and State Library of Tyrol (ULB Tirol) is the largest public academic library in Western Austria. Its extensive collection includes centuries-old books and writings that are important for the history of culture and science.

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**Denk an Joseph Haydn**
Haydn Stiftung Eisenstadt

Haydn Foundation Eisenstadt

The Haydn Foundation's virtual Haydn portal makes available objects from its own collections as well as the collection of all autographs of Joseph Haydn's works that still exist but are scattered around the world (under construction since 2023).

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**Festsaal im Hauptgebäude der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften**
Klaus Pichler / ÖAW

ÖAW – Austrian Academy of Sciences

As the national competence centre for digital humanities of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the ACDH-CH operates the digital archive ARCHE.

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Kunsthistorisches Museum

One of the world’s leading museums, its rich holdings comprise objects from five millennia, from Ancient Egypt to the late eighteenth century.

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Theatermuseum Wien

As a museum for Austrian stage history, the Theatermuseum Wien collects programmes, posters, manuscripts, costumes, models and more.

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Weltmuseum Wien

The Weltmuseum Wien exhibits material and immaterial culture of people from all regions of the world, with a focus on countries outside Europe.

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Everybody is welcome in the Pool!

Explore more than a million objects from museums, libraries, and archives.

Orchids

Villa North and Julius Finger

Ausg'stellt is!

Alban and Helene Berg's Library

Making-of

Learn, discover, find

News

Digital Identities Storytelling Lab

Kulturpool in “Neues Museum”

The Heidentor on Europeana Pro News

Partner institutions

Alban Berg Foundation

Ars Electronica Center

Archive of Austrian Landscape Architecture at BOKU University

Austrian Mediathek

Austrian National Library

Belvedere

ICARUS – International Centre for Archival Research

State Collections of Lower Austria

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Natural History Museum Vienna

Regional museums Lower Austria Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich

Salzburg's regional museums and collections

The Albertina Museum

Vienna City Library

VILLA NORTH – Space for contemporary art, culture and interdisciplinary research

Vorarlberg State Library

Wien Museum

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University and State Library of Tyrol

Haydn Foundation Eisenstadt

ÖAW – Austrian Academy of Sciences

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Theatermuseum Wien

Weltmuseum Wien

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