New management at Admont Abbey Museum

Friday, 24 May 2024

Michael Richter-Grall will take over the artistic direction of the museum as successor to Michael Braunsteiner. Together with Father Prior Maximilian Schiefermüller OSB, who will be responsible for the scientific management of the museum in his role as abbey archivist and librarian, the future direction of the museum and cultural work will be in the hands of a dual leadership. The path of bridging the gap between ancient and contemporary art, which has been pursued since the opening of the large museum in 2003, will be continued in the sense of a diverse range of exhibitions. Mario Brandmüller remains the museum's economic director, who is also responsible for the agendas of tourism development and communication as head of department for these areas. The great interest in the special exhibitions and the redesigned museum areas in the anniversary year 2024 is an incentive for the newly composed management team to take bold steps into the future (for example in the expansion of the cultural education programme) on the one hand, and to focus on the tried and tested and the preservation of the cultural and artistic achievements that Admont Abbey has produced and made possible over the centuries up to the present day on the other.