Does War Belong in Museums
The Representation of Violence in Exhibitions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5841264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolfgang Muchitsch (Museum of Military Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 223 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Does War Belong in Museums? (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Transcript Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.26530/oapen_627777 |
| OpenAlex | W4234703190 |
| ISBN | 9783837623062 |
| Open Library | OL31373330M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
In 2011, the Universalmuseum Joanneum, Austria's oldest and second largest museum complex, celebrated its 200th anniversary.In preparation of this special event, we decided to dedicate each month of the year 2011 to one of our museums.Thus the focus in September 2011 was on the Landeszeughaus, the Styrian Armoury, considered to be the world's largest historic armoury and one of the most important monuments of Styrian history.Built by the Styrian Diet between 1642 and 1645, the building was the most important armoury in the south-east of the Habsburg Empire and played a crucial role in the defence of the Austrian frontier provinces of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola against the threat of attack from Ottoman armies and Hungarian anti-Habsburg rebels.When under the reign of Maria Theresa (1740-1780) the Austrian military administration was reformed and centralized in Vienna, the empress resolved to give up all armouries in the Austrian provinces and in 1749 she proposed to the estates that they relinquish all usable weapons to the war ministry and sell all obsolete arms as scrap metal.The Styrian Diet objected and argued that in addition to its material value, the armoury had symbolic importance, for it was dear to them as a memorial to the history of their country and to the valour of their forefathers.Maria Theresa, not wanting to offend the Styrians unnecessarily and respecting their tradition of defending the frontiers, allowed them to keep the armoury. 1 Since 1880, the armoury has been open to the public and in 1892 became part of the Styrian State Museum Joanneum, now the Universalmuseum Joanneum.Seeing as the Landeszeughaus itself is a unique historical monument with its historic building and its collection of about 32,000 objects and due to the fact that there is no
Representation · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Photography and Visual Culture · Art, exhibitions · Congresses · Exhibitions · Military museums · Museology & heritage studies · Violence in art · War in art
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |