Museum management Lower Austria
| Museum management Lower Austria | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Profit company |
| Seat | Atzenbrugg |
| management | Ulrike Vitovec |
| Branch | Cultural business |
| Website | https://www.noemuseen.at |
The Museum of Lower Austria GmbH is a nonprofit cultural society, the more than 700 museums, collections, memorials, exhibition centers and theme paths in the Austrian state of Lower Austria looked after. It is a 100% subsidiary of the Kultur.Region.Niederösterreich GmbH . Its tasks developed from the concerns of the umbrella association of museums and collections in Lower Austria, which was founded in 1990, and the cultural-political goals of the state of Lower Austria (culture strategy of the state of Lower Austria).
tasks and goals
The Museum Management Niederösterreich maintains a database and an archive on the museum landscape in Lower Austria. The services for the Lower Austrian museums include digitization measures, inventory, advice on technical issues, the issuing of publications and the organization of events such as the Museum Spring Lower Austria and the Lower Austria Museum Day . The museum management organizes advanced training courses in the field of cultural mediation , museum practice, small and land monuments , regional and local research as well as folklore / European ethnology . On behalf of the Province of Lower Austria, the Museum Management of Lower Austria handles the museum funding.
The objectives of Museum Management Lower Austria are to promote the positive development and image enhancement of the museum facilities in Lower Austria with applied cultural work and cultural mediation, as well as to contribute to the preservation and accessibility of the cultural heritage of the state. The office location is St. Pölten.
Museum spring Lower Austria
Since 1978, the International Museum Day proclaimed by the International Council of Museums ICOM has been celebrated every year in May to highlight the importance and diversity of museums. On the occasion of this day, the Museum Management Niederösterreich has been organizing the Museum Spring Lower Austria since 2016. Approx. 100 museums and collections - from local, city, abbey and regional museums to large exhibition halls - draw attention to themselves nationwide on a weekend in May with special programs.
Projects
In the cross-border Interreg project “Heritage SK-AT”, the cultural heritage of the border region Austria - Slovakia is researched, digitized and presented.
The communication of the cultural heritage of the common border area of South Bohemia, Vysočina, South Moravia and Lower Austria is part of the Interreg project “I-Cult”.
Other projects are dedicated to research into the ten oldest Lower Austrian city museums ("MuseumsMenschen" in cooperation with Danube University Krems ), a quality offensive for Lower Austrian museum depots ("Treasures in the shop window" in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts in Vienna ) and the collection Refurbishment of the former war museums from the First World War.
literature
- Culture.Region.Lower Austria: The universe in miniature. From a journey of discovery through Lower Austrian museums and collections. Agensketterl, Atzenbrugg 2015, ISBN 978-3-901820-97-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austrian museum database. 772 museum entries. Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich GmbH, accessed on July 24, 2018 .
- ^ Mission statement and tasks of the Museum Management of Lower Austria. Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich GmbH, accessed on July 24, 2018 .
- ^ Salzburger Nachrichten: International Museum Day relies on museums as networks . ( sn.at [accessed on August 6, 2018]).
- ↑ A roll against oblivion . May 14, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed on August 6, 2018]).
- ↑ Hidden treasures come into the spotlight . March 11, 2017 ( orf.at [accessed August 6, 2018]).