Museum of Ethnology
| Art museums | Museum of Ethnology |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Â |
| City | Vienna |
| Location | Neue Burg
A-1010 Vienna |
| About the Museum | The Museum of Ethnology Vienna (MVK), situated in the Corps de Logis-part of the Neue Burg, was opened to the public on 25 May 1928. With the opening of the new museum the ethnographic collection was separated from the Museum of Natural History, which was established in 1889. By now the Museum of Ethnology houses and administrates about 240,000 objects, 72,000 photographs, and 132,000 volumes.
 The Tasks of Ethnological Museums  Ethnological museums are cultural institutions, which provide their audience with the results of their scientific work represented within the scope of exhibitions, events, international conferences, and publications. The research work done by these museums is a continuous process of examining the ideology specific to this science, various ways of life and views on human living, and of dealing with cultural identity and xenophobia, racism and hostility, nationalism and globalisation, social changes, and the current cultural policy. |
| Museum Collections | The Museum of Ethnology houses and administrates about 240,000 objects, 72,000 photographs, and 132,000 volumes. |
| Web site | http://www.ethno-museum.ac.at/en/museum.html |
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