The employees of the Kunsthaus are internationally networked within their disciplines and across disciplines. We work together with other organisations on both profession-specific and socially relevant issues. We share our expertise and pool resources, particularly where research and science are supported with public funds or by third parties.

We actively engage in provenance research. The aim of provenance research is to investigate the ownership details of artworks since the time of their creation. The focus is on works which changed hands during the Nazi period and the persecution and murder of Jews as well as other minorities.

While we trace the histories of artworks through provenance research, restoration and conservation ensure that these works are preserved for future generations. Our Conservation Department is committed to preserve the inimitable quality of some 110,000 items held by the Kunsthaus in a vast array of genres and forms, from paintings, sculptures and installations to works on paper, photographs, historic documents and time-based art, and allow visitors to experience them as the artists intended.

To not only preserve art but also make knowledge about it accessible, our publicly accessible library plays a central role. It offers extensive resources on art history, including books, journals, and supports research and education.

The library’s offering is complemented by our archive, which provides valuable insights into the history and development of our institution. Here, we preserve a unique collection of historical documents that trace the institution’s development and that of its predecessor organizations up to the 1970s.

Selected parts of the library and archive collections are continuously digitized and published online.