Austria's Commitment to the 2030 Agenda

ACTIVE ON NATIONAL LEVEL
DIALOGUE WITH CULTURE AND EDUCATION
MUSEUMS
FOR A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE
The project “17 Museums x 17 SDGs” shows that museums and exhibition
halls in Austria can focus not only on the past, but also on the future.
The importance of museums and exhibition
halls for a sustainable future is at the core
of the “17 Museums x 17 SDGs: Goals for
Sustainable Development” project by ICOM
Austria in cooperation with the Austrian
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil
Service and Sport (BMKÖS). 17 Museums and
exhibition halls from all federal states across
Austria were invited in 2021 to work on 17
SDGs from February to December 2021. The
assignement of the SDGs to individual halls
was done by live lottery. Until the end of 2021
the museums worked on the projects, which
were also accompanied by communication
measures. On 12th May 2022, the results of
the initiative and a respective publication in
this regard were presented to the public in
the context of the international Bodensee
Symposium.
Exemplary implementation
Fistly, the museum for modern art in
Salzburg (Museum der Moderne Salzburg)
implemented projects on SDG 2 - zero
hunger. During the project development,
they focused on nourishing an regional
produce. The programme included an
action day on 16th October 2021 - official
World Food Day - in cooperation with the
Salzburger Freilichtmuseum, a fund-raising
campaign in cooperation with Caritas and
a collection of home recipes as a digital
reference guide for the public.
The focus of the, the focus of the project
by the Werner Berg Museum in Bleiburg,
Carinthia was on gender equality (SDG
5) through building awareness and the
discourse on traditional and new role
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