Exhibition
Admired ... desired ...
Theatre cult and passionate collectorship
8.9.2021 - 18.4.2022
An exciting walk through the memories of theatre-loving people. Admired ... desired ... reflects the joy of the magnificent, whimsical or even quite simple souvenirs from the world of theatre.
Exhibition
Lesung
Die unsichtbare Sammlung
Die Doyenne des Burgtheaters, Kammerschauspielerin Elisabeth Orth, liest Stefan Zweigs Novelle „Die unsichtbare Sammlung“ und andere Texte über das Sammeln und über Persönlichkeiten, zu denen Objekte gesammelt wurden.
Florian Krumpöck begleitet sie musikalisch durch den Abend und spielt Bagatellen von Ludwig van Beethoven.
Mi, 17.11.2021, 19 Uhr
Lesung
Lange Nacht der Museen '21
Besuchen Sie die MUSEEN DER VIELFALT!
Das Theatermuseum zeigt unter dem Motto „Museum der Vielfalt“ Ausstellungen rund um das Theater. Aktuell: „Verehrt … begehrt …“, „Nuda Veritas“, „Der Figurenspiegel von Richard Teschner“ sowie „Spielräume“.
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Figurentheatertage
Eine Woche Figurentheatervergnügen
4. bis 10. November 2021
Die zweite Auflage der Figurentheatertage soll Sie in die dunkle und sinnliche Zeit des Jahres geleiten. Künstler*innen aus verschiedenen Genres geben sich im Theatermuseum live die Ehre, um Ihre Fantasie zu beflügeln und alle Facetten des so vielseitig verspielten Figurentheaters erlebbar zu machen.
Figurentheatertage
Virtual exhibition
From real life into the world of art
10.6.2021-31.12.2021
About the encounter between visual and performing arts in the European festive culture of the 16th to 18th centuries. Discover 15 virutal spaces on this topic!
Virtual exhibition
Opening hours
Daily except Tuesdays, 10 AM - 6 PM
Lobkowitzplatz 2
1010 Vienna
Austria
We are looking forward to welcoming you!
Opening hours
Fresh from the press!
No opera too long with you...
A publication on current research topics.
Christiane Mühlegger-Henhapel, curator in the handwriting department, and Ursula Renner, Hofmannsthal-Gesellschaft, dedicated this work to the unpublished letter exchange of three central figures of the Austrian Theatre scene at the beginning of the 20th century: composer Richard Strauss, author Hugo von Hofmannsthal and stage designer Alfred Roller.
Fresh from the press!
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Online collection
Discover 9 Collections and the Library online!
An exquisite selection of objects from the world of the performing arts: stage models, puppet- and paper theatre, photographs, paintings, autographs, drawings, costumes, memorabilia, prints, posters and playbills.
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Family Annual Ticket
Our new offer for families
With the Family Annual Ticket the whole family goes on a voyage of discovery through the seven museums of the KHM-Museumsverband.
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Puppet Theatre DIGITAL
Nawang Wulan
Discover the first film documentation of Richard Teschner's (1879–1948) Puppet Theatre from 1920. It shows the recording of his interpretation of the dramatic Indonesian legend about Nawang Wulan, the divine nymph.
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I’ve lived with it eye-to-eye for eighteen years now, and if ever I feel tiredness overcoming me I glance over at it,
and then I am able to go on again.
Hermann Bahr (1863-1934) on Gustav Klimt's "Nuda Veritas"
Nuda Veritas
Gustav Klimt and Hermann Bahr
On show again at the Theatermuseum from 13 February 2020.
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Prejudice is a wall, from which everybody,
who ever ran against it, withdrew with a
bleading head.
Johann Nestroy (1801-1862)
Talisman
For the future
Sponsor one of our unique puppets!
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I love acting. It is so much more real than life.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
