Organizing heterogenous communities

As a crucial aspect for the embedding of museums into their socio-spatial environment, the question of heterogenous communities is getting rising attention – both displayed in exhibitions and as relationships between museums and their respective neighbourhoods. This also refers to as local art scenes and alternative exhibition spaces.

Using the case of the Belvedere as a point of departure, the dynamics and at times paradoxical relationship between the museum as a World Heritage Site, a Baroque jewel, one of the oldest museums in the world, and a showcase for contemporary art all at once are discussed and further investigated.