Facts of the Weltmuseum Wien

Organisation The Weltmuseum Wien (formerly the Museum of Ethnology) is a federal museum and part of the KHM-Museumsverband (KHM Museums Association)

Sabine Haag, General Director Paul Frey, CFO

Director Steven Engelsman, Director Christian Schicklgruber, Designated Scientific Director

Collections • Africa south of the Sahara Nadja Haumberger, Curator ad interim • North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia Axel Steinmann, Curator • East Asia: China, Korea, Japan Bettina Zorn, Curator • Insular Southeast Asia Sri Kuhnt-Saptodewo, Curator • South and Southeast Asia, Himalayas Christian Schicklgruber, Deputy Director, Chief Curator, Curator and Designated Scientific Director • Oceania and Australia N.N. • North and Central America Gerard van Bussel, Curator • South America Claudia Augustat, Curator • Photography Collection Manfred Kaufmann, Curator • Museum Library Heinz Gratzer • Archive Ildikó Cazan-Simányi

Number of objects • 250.000 ethnographic objects • 140.000 historical photographs • 146.000 publications

Important Exhibitions

• „Benin – Könige und Rituale. Höfische Kunst aus Nigeria“ (May 9, 2007 – September 3, 2007) in collaboration with the Ethnologischen Museum Berlin, the musée du quai Branly, the Art Institute Chicago and der National Commission for Museums and Monuments Nigeria. o „Bénin. Cinq siècles d’art royal” musée du quai Branly, Paris (October 2, 2007 – January 6, 2008) o Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (February 7, 2008 - May 25, 2008) o Art Institute Chicago (July 8, 2008 - September 21, 2008) • „Made in Japan“ (April 22, 2009 - March 29, 2010) • „James Cook und die Entdeckung der Südsee“ (May 12, 2010 - September 13, 2010) o Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (August 28, 2009 – February 28, 2010) o Historisches Museum Bern (October 7, 2010 - February 13, 2011) • „Sitting Bull und seine Welt“ (December 10, 2009 – March 15, 2010) • „African Lace. Österreichische Stoffe für Nigeria“ (October 22, 2010 - March 14, 2011) o National Museum, Lagos (June 3, 2012 - January 22, 2012) o vorarlberg museum, Bregenz (June 21, 2013 - January 6, 2014) • „Die Kultur der Kulturrevolution. Personenkult und politisches Design im China von Mao Zedong“ (February18, 2011 - November 21, 2011) o „China unter Mao“ Übersee Museum Bremen (autumn 2014 - spring 2015) • „Wald / Baum / Mensch” (September 7, 2011 - May 28, 2012) • „Naga – Schmuck und Asche“ (February 1, 2012 - June 11, 2012) o Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich (June 7, 2008 – September 06, 2009) o Rubin Museum of Art, New York (April 26, 2013 - September 16, 2013) • „Fetish Modernity“ (November 14, 2012 - March 4, 2013) o Royal Museum for Central Afrika, Tervuren (April 8, 2011 - September 04, 2011) o Museo de América, Madrid (December 1, 2011 - April 9, 2012) o Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures, Prague (June 20, 2012 – September 16, 2012) o Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden (May 9, 2013 – July 21, 2013) o National Museum of World Culture, Stockholm (October 19, 2013 -March 30, 2014) • „Jenseits von Brasilien“ (July 18, 2012 - February 25, 2013) • Presentation „Penacho. Pracht und Passion“ (since November 15, 2012) • „Getanzte Schöpfung. Asien zwischen den Welten“ (April 17, 2013 - October 5, 2014)

• „Franz is here! Franz Ferdinands Reise um die Erde“ (April 9, 2014 – November 2, 2014)

The New Museum Project

Architects’ Syndicate for building, refurbishment and installation work • Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Berlin • Hoskins Architects, Edinburgh • Vasko+Partner Ingenieure, Vienna • project leader: Timothy Ventimiglia, RAA

Project core team • Claudia Augustat, Curator, Weltmuseum Wien • Hannes Bierkämper, Consulting Architect, südstudio • Astrid Böhacker, Assistant to the Director, Weltmuseum Wien • Steven Engelsman, Director, Weltmuseum Wien • Stefan Fleck, Head of Facility Management, KHM-Museumsverband • Paul Frey, CFO, KHM-Museumsverband • Florian Rainer, Conservation Department and Technical Services, Weltmuseum Wien

Facts and Figures • 3.127 objects are on display in the new permanent galleries • The Museum now has temporary exhibition galleries comprising 1,400 square meters • The permanent collection is installed on 2,500 square meters • The total cost was 21.8 million euros; 19.8 million euros came from the Republic of Austria (Office of the Chancellor and Ministry of Culture) and 2 million euros were raised by the KHM- Museumsverband

Partners Main Partner: Umdasch Group Gallery Partner: A1 Telekom Austria Group, Novomatic Group Partner: Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein, Raiffeisen Bank International