Weltmuseum Wien (Austria)

LC control no.	no2014134037
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Weltmuseum Wien (Austria) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	World Museum Vienna (Austria) Vienna (Austria). World Museum
See also	Predecessor: Museum für Völkerkunde (Austria) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Biography/History note	The Weltmuseum Wien (World Museum Vienna), formerly known as Museum of Ethnology Vienna, is one of the most important of its kind worldwide. It developed out of the Anthropological-Ethnographical Department of the Natural History Museum, in 1928 becoming an independent museum located in the Hofburg Palace. Its oldest exhibits were acquired in the 16th century, and found their way via Ambras Castle in the Tyrol to the Imperial collection in Vienna. The collections of the Weltmuseum Wien comprise more than 200.000 ethnographic objects, 25,000 photographs, 136,000 printed works and over 300 kilometers of film on the history, culture, art and everyday life of predominantly non-European peoples. <http://asemus.museum/museum/museum-fur-volkerkunde-wien-the-museum-of-ethnology/>
Beginning date	2013-04
Located	Vienna (Austria)
Address	1010 Neue Burg Vienna Austria
Field of activity	Anthropological museums and collections
Found in	Archiv für Völkerkunde, 61/62, ©2013: title page (Archiv Weltmuseum Wien) page 1 (Im April 2013 hat sich das Museum für Völkerkunde Wien in "Weltmuseum Wien" umbenannt.") Völkerkunde Museum Wien, 12-3-98: (at head: Völkerkunde Museum Wien; address: Museum für Völkerkunde Wien, Neue Hofburg, A-1014 Wien, [Austria]; E-mail: VoelkerkundeMuseum@magnet.at) <http://www.nhm-wien,ac.at/bundesmuseen/VOLKER/MAIN.HTM> German National Library in VIAF, 9 October 2014 (access point: Weltmuseum Wien)