International Scientific Advisory Board
An international network of academics developed the guidelines during the museum's founding.
Before the museum was founded, academics from various universities and research institutions developed the plans to create a House of Austrian History.
Chairman of the board:
Prof. DDr. Oliver Rathkolb
University of Vienna
Board members:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Aleida Assmann
University of Konstanz
Prof. Dr. Dieter Binder
University of Graz
Prof. Dr. Włodzimierz Borodziej (deceased in 2021)
University of Warsaw
John Boyer
University of Chicago
emer. Prof. Dr. Ernst Bruckmüller
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Matti Bunzl
Wien Museum
Mag. Dr. Gabriele Fröschl
Österreichische Mediathek
Dr. Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Prof. Dr. Malachi H. Hacohen
Duke University
Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriella Hauch
University of Vienna
Mag. Herbert Hayduck
ORF Archive
Prof. Dr. Hans Walter Hütter
President of the Foundation Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
Mag. Thomas Just, MAS
Austrian State Archives
Prof. Dr. Helmut Konrad
University of Graz
Prof. Dr. Charles Maier
Harvard University
emer. Prof. Dr. Herbert Matis
Vienna University of Economics and Business & Austrian Academy of Sciences
Prof.in Dr.in Hélène Miard-Delacroix
Université Paris IV Sorbonne
Prof. PhDr. Jiří Pešek
Charles University, Prague
Dr. Hans Petschar
Austrian National Library
Prof.in Dr.in Shalini Randeria
Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfried Rauchensteiner
Former director of the Museum of Military History, Vienna
Prof. Dr. Dirk Rupnow
University of Innsbruck
emer. Prof. Dr. Roman Sandgruber
Johannes Kepler University, Linz
Prof. Dr. Maria A. Stassinopoulou
Universiy Vienna
Prof. Dr. Arnold Suppan
Andrássy University, Budapest, and Austrian Academy of Sciences
Univ.-Doz.in Dr.in Heidemarie Uhl (deceased in 2023)
Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Graz
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Marcel van der Linden
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
Ministerialrat Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Helmut Wohnout
Director General of the Austrian National Archives