The new, eagerly awaited concept behind the controversial Dollfuß Museum in Texingtal, Lower Austria, was presented by the curatorial team at a press conference in Vienna on October 20, 2023. The concept entitled "Raum Schaffen" takes a radical approach: the memorial site disguised as a 'museum' in Engelbert Dollfuß’ birth place (the architect of the Austrofascist dictatorship "Ständestaat" between 1934 and 1938), is to be "de-collectivized". The exhibits will gradually be removed and transferred to other museums and collections.

The local population will take part in the process, which will also be documented on a website in detail for the wider public. This participatory approach of a more reflexive "public history" is to be carried out over the next five years. The mayor of Texingtal and the scholarly advisory board, including Ernst Langthaler (Institute for Social and Economic History at the JKU Linz), will support this innovative concept.
 

Austrian media have extensively reported on the concept presentation:

• ORF Topos, opens an external URL in a new window
• Der Standard, opens an external URL in a new window
• Die Presse, opens an external URL in a new window
• Kurier, opens an external URL in a new window
• Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, opens an external URL in a new window

The link to view the concept, including image and text material:
https://bit.ly/3QmIoPo, opens an external URL in a new window