“Never final”—this formula coined by Hertha Firnberg still defines mumok today as a dynamic place of change. Her idea is reinforced by the Museum Talks, an open format that uses interactive exhibition design to open up lively spaces for dialog between politicians, collection researchers, art historians and visitors. The museum actively acts as a platform for collective research, learning and questioning, and visitors can expect a program of discussions in which museum practice and everything it encompasses is made evident as relational work. In this way, the institution not only shows art, but also reflects on and experiences it together.

Dieter Ronte and Marie-Therese Hochwartner discuss aspects of the cultural and collection policy of the 1980s with their discussion partners in Spring & Summer 2025, highlighting different facets of mumok and the cultural policy changes of the last 45 years.

Museum Talks #6
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6 pm

Dr. Rudolf Scholten, Federal Minister of Education and the Arts from 1990 to 1997, offers insights into cultural policy in the 1990s and the development of museums during this period.
Moderated by Dieter Ronte & Marie-Therese Hochwartner