Research

The Belvedere Research Center is dedicated to documenting, indexing, and studying Austrian art in an international context—from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Research Center includes a specialist library, various archives, and online databases that are aligned to the profile of the museum’s collection. In addition to the scholarly processing of key source documents, national art history is inscribed in an increasingly global knowledge landscape through collaborative research projects, conferences, and publications. A central consideration is to enable free, open, and linked access to digitized cultural heritage. Since 2018, the Belvedere has been committed to an Open Content Policy for images of the collection’s artworks that are not subject to copyright. These images can be downloaded in print quality free of charge. Visitors to the Research Center benefit both from the wealth of resources and online databases relating to Austrian art history as well as from the expertise of its staff from the Library, Archive & Provenance Research, Catalogues Raisonnés, Online Collection, Image Archive, and Ursula Blickle Video Archive.

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Josef Dobrowsky, Lehrstunde, 1934 © Belvedere, Wien

Search

The collections of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere are globally searchable with the Belvedere research function. Search for publications, archive holdings, or digital resources from the Belvedere Research Center and Ursula Blickle Video Archive, as well as for objects in the museum's collections.

Research

Digitale Konferenz

Research Events

The Belvedere organizes conferences, seminars, and workshops with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches.
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Scientific Staff

Do you have questions about specific projects or have an inquiry regarding scientific research? Here you will find information including contact details.
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Projects

Our research work is complemented by external projects that are funded by third parties. The results find their way into various publication.
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Provenance Research

We systematically examine works in the collection that were created before 1945 and acquired since 1933 to determine their provenance.
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Restoration

Utilizing the latest technology, our conservators analyze and conserve irreplaceable works of art.
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Library and Archive

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Archive Neue Galerie

For the 100th anniversary of the Neue Galerie Wien, explore its business archive digitally: find out which exhibitions and artists have been shown!
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Library

Library

Stroll through our library online and research historical publications and archive holdings.
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Archive

The Belvedere Archive chronicles the history of the museum and provides documentation on more than 20,000 artists.
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Ursula Blickle Video Archive

We invite you to view our ever-growing archive of contemporary video art that combines research, teaching, and practice.
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Portrait Fritz Wotruba

Wotruba Depot and Study Room

Take a closer look at the works of the sculptor Fritz Wotruba—his estate and many works can be viewed here.
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Publications

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Catalogues Raisonnés

As a center of excellence for the research and preservation of Austrian art, more and more the Belvedere is being given and documenting the estates of Austrian artists. By continuously expanding, deepening, and digitizing this key source material, the Research Center is performing important foundational work. Within this context, one focus of scholarly research is the publication of the Belvedere Catalogues Raisonnés series.
Catalogues Raisonnés
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Research Journal

The Belvedere Research Journal is an international peer-reviewed open access e-journal. It is thematically based on the Belvedere collection and devoted to research in Austrian art history in the broadest historical and geographical sense. We publish work concerned with developments in the former Habsburg Empire and Central Europe broadly defined from the medieval period to the present day.
Belvedere Research Journal
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Exhibition Catalogues

Nearly every exhibition at the Belvedere is accompanied by a publication in which our curators as well as international authors publish their research findings. In addition to these scholarly essays, documentation of the artworks, photos of the exhibitions, and interviews with the artists are important components of the catalogues. Many of these books have already been awarded prizes for graphic design.
Exhibition Catalogues

Scholarship Program

 

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Walter Pichler, Estate of Padhi Frieberger
© Belvedere, Vienna

Scholarship "Research in the field of artistic estates – artistic production in Austria“

 

In cooperation with the Belvedere Research Center, the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport is running a scholarship program on the topic of ‘Research in the field of artistic estates – artistic production in Austria’ (submission deadline: 30 September 2025).

Funding is available for students who dedicate their Master's or PhD theses to academic research into the work of Austrian artists or artists who are or have been active in Austria.
 

Call for Applications  

Image Archive and Reproductions

The Image Archive has compiled and preserves some 30,000 analog images, as well as archives digital image material. The inventory includes images of: objects from the museum collection, Austrian artistic production, interior and exterior views of the palace, exhibition views, and portraits. In addition, the Image Archive administers image rights for the collection and is the point of contact for any reproduction inquiries.

 

Reproduction Fees

JPG, 300 ppi, up to 7.200 px, Public Domain 
Free of charge

JPG, 300 ppi, up to 3.508 px, CC BY-SA 4.0
Free of charge

TIFF-File for commercial use, 300 ppi 
€ 500,00
(excl. 10% VAT)

(for materials not designated under the Open Content Program)

 

Photo Order Fees

New Photography
€ 250,00
(excl. 10% VAT)

Scan of archival material
€ 50,00
(excl. 10% VAT)

 

Inquiries and Contact

 

Getting there

Address

Rennweg 4, 1030 Vienna

Getting there

Tram 71
Station "Am Heumarkt"

Tram D
Station "Gußhaustraße"

 

Opening hours of the library

Tuesday to Thursday
10 am - 3 pm


We look forward to your visit with a pre-registration.

Free use

A copying machine is available, which enables the production of copies for a fee or the free production and storage of scans on USB.

Contact

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