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info.kulturpool.at – information platform
wissen.kulturpool.at – knowledge base
forum.kulturpool at – forum for partner institutions

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Key facts

Kulturpool is a non-profit, educational, artistic, and scientific search portal and a service centre for the transfer of knowledge and skills for the digitally available cultural heritage of Austrian collections.

Partner institutions: Private and public museums, archives, collections, libraries, as well as humanities, cultural, and natural sciences databases.

Europeana: Kulturpool is the official national aggregator for Europeana, the European platform for digital cultural heritage.

Go-live of the portal: 14 March 2024

Data providers:

  • since March 2024, 46 partner institutions visible in Kulturpool via 14 data providers
  • by the end of 2026, over 100 institutions

Digital objects:

  • since March 2024, over 1 million digitised objects available
  • by the end of 2026, around 4 million objects (projection)
  • over 10 million objects expected by 2028

Service centre: Offers knowledge transfer via a knowledge database, regular webinars and online cafes for partner institutions, as well as a knowledge forum and other events & workshops.

Implementation: The search portal is part of the "Kulturerbe digital" strategy of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport (BMKÖS) and is being realised at the Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM).

Strategic advisory board: Ten experts in digitalisation, law, ethics, and arts & culture.