EVENT LANGUAGE: GERMAN
Please note: limited number of participants. Registration required.
Free of charge as part of VIENNA ART WEEK.
The tour offers a sensitive and critical look at various systems of learning and knowledge as they operate in connection with the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of St. Stephen’s Cathedral.
In her commissioned work for the exhibition “Alles In Arbeit” (Work in Progress) at Dom Museum Wien, artist Iris Andraschek uses drawings and historical photographs and relics to process various narratives and images of St. Stephen’s that shaped many people’s relationships with the building, particularly after the fire in 1945.
Cathedral archivist Reinhard H. Gruber recounts the cathedral’s diverse history, the diverse (often contradictory) traditions surrounding it, and the challenges of working with and on historical knowledge. The tour also provides insight into the Cathedral Workshop, where centuries-old restoration and maintenance techniques are still applied and passed on today.
Registration required: FULLY BOOKED.
Dom Museum Wien
Located directly on Stephansplatz, Dom Museum Wien showcases the Cathedral’s most valuable treasures, including the earliest portrait in the Occident showing Habsburg scion Rudolf IV. Also on display are modern and avant-garde works from the Otto Mauer Collection, along with contemporary art. The juxtaposition of old and new is the focus of special exhibitions.
FULLY BOOKED: "Research, Educate, Preserve" Tour Dom Museum to St. Stephen's Cathedral
13 Nov 2025/18:30-20:00H
Dom Museum Wien
Stephansplatz 6, 1010 Wien
Registration required
Norbert Wagenbrett, Bauarbeiter und Bauarbeiterin (Detail), 1984, Museum Utopie und Alltag (Bestand Beeskow), Norbert Wagenbrett © Bildrecht, Wien 2025, Foto: Thomas Kläber
