Vienna Museum talks about "history and future". What is the main exhibition content?

There are hundreds of theme museums in Vienna, large and small. After the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic in the world, many museums in Vienna quickly launched the collection activities of epidemic collections, and successively planned to hold exhibitions with? Epidemic? While reviewing and reflecting on history, related exhibitions also examine the reality and look forward to the future.

The Royal Carriage Museum is one of the branches of the Vienna Museum of Art History. At the end of 2020, the exhibition "The ancestor of COVID-19 epidemic? 1500 to 19 18 masks and plagues in Vienna palaces, reviewing the history of various infectious diseases before modern times, telling the audience that COVID-19 was not the first plague that ravaged the world, and cholera, plague, smallpox and Spanish flu all left traces in Vienna. ? From 1678 to 1680, Vienna fought fiercely against the plague. Until today, in this city, can you still find the relationship with this sweeping Europe? Black Death? Later, the famous buildings and historic sites in Vienna stood the test of other plagues and learned from the disasters. At that time, the epidemic prevention measures were very similar to those in modern times, including establishing medical and isolation points, closing schools, theaters and shops, restricting trade, keeping social distance, and paying attention to protecting the nose and mouth. There are not only ancient carriages carrying coffins, luxurious funeral costumes customized by the royal family, documents recording the first vaccination and other special exhibits, but also masks used by the Austrian royal family for hundreds of years, echoing the most representative daily items in the epidemic? Mask? . ?

The Vienna Museum has planned three projects with the theme of epidemic diseases. The first project began as early as March 2020, collecting articles and documents related to the epidemic for the whole society, and recording and reflecting history with ordinary people's daily lives. The second project is the epidemic theme photography exhibition "Face it!" Held in the second half of 2020. The Vienna Museum has an open-air exhibition area in Karl Square in the center of the city. Since September, by French photographer Elodie? Grayson 18 Portraits of people wearing masks and masks, and interviews with the personal experiences of the protagonists in the epidemic. The third project? The open-air exhibition "See Vienna 100 Cities" will also be unveiled by photographer Wojciech? Zeya took photos with her smartphone during the epidemic blockade. ?

The Museum of Applied Art was established? Museum of Applied Art future lab? , often through seminars, lectures, forums and other forms of interdisciplinary research and exchanges. After the first blockade, the museum started the future lab? Learn from COVID-19? Interactive exhibition with theme, inviting visitors? Future designer? Participate in the exhibition as an identity. ?