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Eurovision Song Contest
Highlights at the Museum
Highlights at the Museum
Apolitical? Hardly. While political messages are officially banned at the Eurovision Song Contest, they still manage to find their way on stage.
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Apolitical? Hardly. While political messages are officially banned at the Eurovision Song Contest, they still manage to find their way on stage.
Protests, Scandals, Politics. 70 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
Discover surprising background details, historical turning points, and the hidden stories behind the ESC
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Collection Preview
Conchita Doll, by Atelier Wunderkammer, Vienna 2017/2018
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What's On
Unstoppable! Eurovision Song Contest Highlights at the Museum
25 March–11 October 2026, Main Exhibition, Room 3
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Women’s Paid and Unpaid Labour, Fotoarchiv Blaschka 1950-1966
Some kinds of work come with recognition and a wage. Others just arise – unpaid, unseen and most often done by women.
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Some kinds of work come with recognition and a wage. Others just arise – unpaid, unseen and most often done by women.
Encyclopedia on Austrian Contemporary History
1939: Lise Meitner’s Research and Discovery of Nuclear Fission
Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn and the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
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Encyclopedia on Austrian Contemporary History
1948: Women Obtain Equal Cigarette Rations
Fair rations for women
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Encyclopedia on Austrian Contemporary History
1950: The First Female State Councillor in Austria: Maria Matzner
First woman in Styrian government
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In Remembrance of 67 People Killed in Hartheim in 1940
Embroidering to remember the victims of Nazi medical crimes.
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Embroidering to remember the victims of Nazi medical crimes.
Encyclopedia on Austrian Contemporary History
1939–1945: “Euthanasia” Crimes
Confronting the Nazi medical crimes — remembering victims and uncovering hidden histories
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Contribute to Digital Exhibitions
Memory culture of the Nazi past – sites and works in progress
Which sites that critically address Nazi history matter to you?
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The Collection
Disability History Project
Uncover disability histories and the people, places, and ideas often left out of the record
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Austria since 1918
Our main exhibition centers on questions that affect people’s lives today. It follows those and shows how democracy and society have changed over the last 100 or so years.
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Our main exhibition centers on questions that affect people’s lives today. It follows those and shows how democracy and society have changed over the last 100 or so years.
News
Blog
Why our Main Exhibition is not a Permanent Exhibition
Historical accuracy, historical justice and language in our exhibitions
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Adults
Free admission on Thursday evenings: History for everyone!
Thursdays from 6 to 8 pm
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Kids and Teens
Time Travel Quiz
Explore ten eventful life stories
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