Abstract

The new strategy of the Technical Museum Vienna is the result of external and internal changes. These innovations have produced a new-style museum that redefines its relationship with the public. It seeks to reach out to potential visitors and to present in a contemporary manner a selection of its vast array of collections and topics. Our era needs museums, particularly technical and scientific ones, not only as a repository for objects but also as a place for an entertaining and thought-provoking confrontation with issues of the past, the present and particularly the future.