SALZBURG.- From 30 April to 30 October 2016, an exhibition trilogy will give visitors an in-depth view into the eventful history of Salzburg – from the rich princely archbishopric, through wars and fluctuating power relationships until today.

The exhibitions “Treasure House Salzburg”, “Tell Me About Salzburg!” and “On the Scene” will be presenting earlier treasures formerly held in Salzburg, exhibits from the museum’s own holdings, as well as installations and video animations by photographic artists from Salzburg. The exhibition trilogy on three levels puts the focus on different aspects of the history of art and culture in Salzburg, with the momentous year of 1816 as starting point.

Visitors can look forward to a Salzburg time trip of an extraordinary kind. Besides particular favourites from the Salzburg Museum holdings, objects will be on show that are returning to Salzburg for the first time in around two hundred years. All three special exhibitions are self-contained in theme. The Land exhibition at the Salzburg Museum Neue Residenz (Mozartplatz 1) is at the heart of all events and projects celebrating the anniversary year “Salzburg 2016”.

TREASURE HOUSE SALZBURG
The Return of Salzburg Treasures
Over the centuries, the Salzburg prince archbishops had been collecting a voluminous treasury of paintings and the graphic arts, furniture and porcelain, minerals, weapons and coins, books and sculptures. Much of this was created especially for Salzburg. The Salzburg prince archbishops assigned renowned artists with commissions for ivory carvings, rock crystal and ibex horn artefacts, goldsmith’s art and paintings—all these objects belonged to the inventory of the court treasure chamber and enhanced prestige. The outstanding feature of this exhibition is the assembled compilation of the objects: they include exhibits from all epochs and of manifold materials. The rulers of the time naturally saw themselves as personal owners of these riches, thus it frequently occurred in case of war that all treasures were conveyed to the next residence. The exhibits tell their own stories and raise questions: what significance did they originally have, what was their origin, or how did they end up in Salzburg? The exhibition “Treasure House Salzburg” in the Kunsthalle in the basement of the Neue Residenz is designed to awaken in visitors a historical awareness for the former riches and status of Salzburg within Europe.

TELL ME ABOUT SALZBURG !
An Exhibition about (Hi)stories of Art and Culture from Salzburg
The special exhibition “Tell Me About Salzburg!” spotlights events and people from two centuries and, in doing so, gives visitors insights into the history of art and culture in Salzburg. All the stories told here originated between 1816 and 2016. At the same time, they reach far back into the past, or had far-reaching consequences for the future. Visitors wandering from room to room and from theme to theme will be given the opportunity to take a closer look at Salzburg and its history from unusual perspectives and in differing narratives.

An overview of the twelve themes:
• True Fables! The Fabulous World of Salzburg Sagas and their Relationship to History

• Quest into the Past – Salzburg Unearths its History

• “Silent Night! Holy Night!” What a Carol Tells us, and what it can Reveal about its Time

• On the Trail of Haydn and Mozart: “Reports” on the History of Music in Salzburg

• Under the Patronage of the Dowager Empress Caroline Augusta: Salzburg tells its History in its Own Museum!

• Time Windows 1866 and 1916: Images of Change

• Back to the Future: Salzburg Utopias in the Years Between the Wars I and II

• Salzburg and National Socialism. The Oppressive Legacy of History

• Wotruba and Thorak: A Salzburg Summit of a Unique Kind

• Art under the Banner of the Cold War – or how the “Nuclear Bomb of Cultural Bolshevism” was Ignited in Salzburg

• Z“Two Days Facing the Cloud-Kitchen Mountain” (Peter Handke) – Literary Images of Salzburgfilmische Salzburgbilder

• Lisl Ponger: the Museum in the Museum

ON THE SCENE
Salzburg’s History in Topical PicturesThe period from 1797 to 1816 in relation to the actual history of Salzburg is mostly an imageless era. There are scarcely any depictions of events, fights and battles in the city’s environs, or of the multiple occupations of the Land by foreign troops. Places that were the scenes of important events during this epoch in Salzburg are today no longer of any relevance for Salzburg: their significance for Salzburg’s history fell into oblivion. For the special exhibition “On the Scene”, contemporary photographic artists from the Fotohof gallery set off to eight selected locations and, in the form of video animations and installations, bring them into the Land exhibition.Eight Locations with Far-reaching Significance for SalzburgVilla Manin stands for the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797) which for the first time officially codified the end of the autonomous archiepiscopal foundation of Salzburg. The Battle of Walserfeld in 1800 heralded an epoch of occupation, looting and ever-changing rulers. Mirabell Palace is exemplary as a location that was given a new function for each Change in historical circumstances. The town of Mühldorf am Inn belonged to Salzburg for centuries but in 1802/1803 was the first territory to be separated from the former archiepiscopal foundation. The Alte Residenz was not only the residence of the prince archbishopbut also old Salzburg’s centre of power for centuries. Schönbrunn Palace was the Scene of the contract (Treaty of Pressburg) signed by Napoleon that ceded Salzburg to Austria in 1805, but in 1809 also saw Salzburg’s cession, defined in the Treaty of Schönbrunn. In 1809, Salzburg gunners fought at Pass Lueg against Bavarian and French troops, but were successful only at the start of fighting. And in June 1816 on today’s Hildmannplatz in front of the Neutor, the residents of the City of Salzburg received the new ruler Emperor Francis I of Austria.