Exhibition view in the Literaturmuseum: a woman and a man looking at an exhibition showcase
Literaturmuseum, Grillparzerhaus, Johannesgasse 6, 1010 Wien – © Österreichische Nationalbibliothek/Pichler
Exhibition view in the Literaturmuseum: a woman and a man looking at an exhibition showcase

Utopias and Apocalypses

The Invention of the Future in Literature

8 October 2020 - 25 April 2021

What does literature tell us about the future? How does it invent possible worlds? How do writers of Austrian and international literature of the 20th and 21st centuries imagine very different futures?

In the light of the current debates on climate change, digitisation, robotics and artificial intelligence, the new special exhibition in the Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library is dedicated to a highly topical issue, the question of what image we want to make of the future. The focus is on the utopias and dark visions of the future, the machine worlds, doomsday scenarios and satirical idylls that literature invents. The exhibition presents them using selected manuscripts, books and objects from the collections of the Austrian National Library, in particular the Literary Archive.

Venue

Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library

Johannesgasse 6
1010 Wien
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Tickets & Info

Current Dates

  • Sun. 28 Feb 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 02 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 03 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 04 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 05 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 06 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 07 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 09 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 10 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 11 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
All dates

All Dates

March

  • Fri. 12 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 13 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 14 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 16 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 17 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 18 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 19 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 20 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 21 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 23 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 24 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 25 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 26 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 27 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 28 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 30 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 31 Mar 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

April

  • Thu. 01 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 02 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 03 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 04 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 06 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 07 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 08 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 09 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 10 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 11 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 13 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 14 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 15 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 16 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 17 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 18 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 20 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 21 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 22 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 23 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 24 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 25 Apr 2021, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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