Explore Austria's digital cultural heritage

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

Everybody is welcome in the Pool!

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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**Technisches Zeichnen der Apsiden in den Nischen der Attikazone**
Landessammlungen Niederösterreich

The “Twin it!” campaign

The 3D reconstruction of the Heidentor

New and old come together here: This 3D model reconstructs what the Heidentor might have looked like 2,000 years ago.

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**Das Heidentor bei Petronell, Anonym, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung Artaria & Co.**
Albertina Wien

The “Twin it!” campaign

The Heidentor of Petronell-Carnuntum from past to present

On the history and significance of the Heidentor since its construction in the 4th century.

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**Wien Umgebung - NÖ - Petronell-Carnuntum - Tetrapylon / sog. Heidentor**
Birgit und Peter Kainz, Wien Museum

The “Twin it!” campaign

The “Heidentor” in 3D

How do you digitise a monument? The “Twin it!” campaign presents new 3D digitisation projects of well-known and cultural monuments from all over Europe that are at risk.

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News

Forum Kultur

Fokus Künstliche Intelligenz

The Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, together with its cooperation partners, invites you to Forum Kultur focusing on Artificial Intelligence in Salzburg on 27 June 2024.

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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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**Donaulände im Sommer, Franz Jaschke**
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere / 2009 Legat nach Marianne Gerstenberger, Graz

Kulturpool

Kulturpool is now online!

Kulturpool goes online with a new design and a lightning-fast search function, showcasing more than a million fascinating digitised objects.

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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.

**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.

**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.

**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.

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

State Collections of Lower Austria

Various locations throughout Lower Austria show a selection from their extensive collection of the State Collections of Lower Austria.

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Knowledge for partner institutions

Participate in Kulturpool

Here contributing institutions can find all the resources they need.

Everybody is welcome in the Pool!

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

Orchids

The 3D reconstruction of the Heidentor

The Heidentor of Petronell-Carnuntum from past to present

The “Heidentor” in 3D

Learn, discover, find

News

Fokus Künstliche Intelligenz

Kulturpool in “Neues Museum”

Kulturpool is now online!

Partner institutions

Ars Electronica Center

Austrian Mediathek

Austrian National Library

Belvedere

ICARUS – International Centre for Archival Research

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

Vorarlberg State Library

Wien Museum

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ÖAW – Austrian Academy of Sciences

Kunsthistorisches Museum

State Collections of Lower Austria

Knowledge for partner institutions