The Austrian Chapter brings together scholars, museum professionals, collectors and aficionados with an interest in the history of collecting across all periods. Based in Austria but internationally minded, we are committed to fostering cross-disciplinary exchange and to building connections between academia, the museum world, and the art market. A central priority is the formation of a strong early-career network. Our program centers on direct engagement with collections themselves: we organize several site visits per year to exhibitions, private collections, and museums, alongside presentations and conversations on collecting history in all its forms.
Past Activties
- Guided visit to the Viennese contemporary art gallery Gregor Podnar — late June–early July 2026
- · Musicians as Collectors: Objects, Knowledge, and Court Culture in the Early Modern World — RSA Annual Meeting, March 2027
- Organized by Francesca S. Croce and Ludovic Jouvet, with Society president Adriana Turpin.
Forthcoming
- Guided visit to the Viennese contemporary art gallery Gregor Podnar — late June–early July 2026
- · Musicians as Collectors: Objects, Knowledge, and Court Culture in the Early Modern World — RSA Annual Meeting, March 2027
- Organized by Francesca S. Croce and Ludovic Jouvet, with Society president Adriana Turpin.
Steering Commitee
Steering Committee
Co-founders and Chapter Leaders
Francesca S. Croce (University of Vienna)
Ludovic Jouvet (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Senior Advisory Board
Ralf Bormann (Tiroler Landesmuseum, Innsbruck)
Christiane Druml (Josephinum)
Sylvia Ferino Pagden (Retired, formerly Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
Agnes Husslein-Arco (Retired, formerly Heidi Horten Collection)
Eszter Kardos (Budapest Museum of Fine Arts)
Lucia Simonato (University of Vienna)
Gudrun Swoboda (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
Yvonne Wagner (Liechtenstein Princely Collections)
Contact: osterreich@societyhistorycollecting.org
