Szenografie & Museum

Szenografische Museumsausstellungen - Geschichte, (Vor)Urteile, Potenziale

01/04/2016 to 31/03/2019

The 21st-century museum is in the midst of an identity crisis: tight budgets, pressure to meet quotas, and competition with television, internet, and the multimedia spectacles put on by science centers and amusement parks are forcing museums to redefine themselves as public spaces and to try out alternative approaches to exhibitions in order to maintain relevance in today’s society. The new pressures coming to bear on museums raise the questions: What role could the European cultural institution of the museum in its traditional form play in the 21st century? How must we change our understanding of the museum in order to guarantee its place in the future?