GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The European Museum for Peace (Europäische Museum für den Frieden) was opened in 2001 as an offshoot of the Provincial Exhibition on “War or Peace”. Based on the long-standing experience of the Peace Centre, the Museum endeavours to adapt and present the breadth and depth of knowledge on violence and conflict, security and peace, to the broad public through a combination of scholarly rigor and sound pedagogical approaches.

Some of the most important themes addressed in the Museum are the causes and structures of violence and war, ways out of everyday violence, different dimensions and courses of individual and collective conflicts, as well as peace issues broadly considered – e.g., with topics such as peace research and peace work, peace activists and peace policies, human rights, and global peace.

Alongside the extensive permanent exhibition, changing special exhibitions complement the pedagogical activity of the Museum. In addition to the exhibitions, the Museum makes efforts to elaborate peace-related and thematic educational programs – especially for schoolchildren – in order to facilitate access to the complex issues treated by the Museum and to respond to the concrete demands and needs of the visitors.

Contact:
Edmund Artner / Reinhard Ringhofer - Ausstellungsbüro
Tel: +43 –(0)3355 - 2306
Fax: +43 –(0)3355 - 2306
E-mail: museum-buero@aspr.ac.at