Discover the Wiener Kreis: Exhibition in the town hall starts soon!

Discover the Wiener Kreis: Exhibition in the town hall starts soon!

Wien, Österreich - The Wienbibliothek in the town hall opens the doors to an important exhibition on June 5, 2025, which deals with the Vienna district and its influence on the scientific world view. The exhibition, which will be shown by September 19, 2025, is curated by Friedrich Stadler and Bernhard Hachleitner and addresses the history of the Vienna district, which in 1929 took a manifesto to the public, initiated by Moritz Schlick.

The Wiener Kreis, a group of intellectuals, including outstanding personalities such as Otto Neurath, Kurt Gödel and Rudolf Carnap, pursued the goal of popularizing a "scientific worldview". Her approach, which is known as logical empiricism, tried to translate scientific statements into empirical or formal language and thus to gain a broader public for scientific thinking. Forming meeting points were clubs, coffee houses and private apartments in the so -called "Red Vienna".

Details about the exhibition

The opening of the exhibition will take place on June 4, 2025 at 6.30 p.m. in the reading room of the Wienbibliothek in the town hall. Registration is required for the opening and for the tours offered. The exhibition will present the central content of the Vienna district at nine stations that focus Viennese places of the scientific worldview. These include the University of Vienna, various coffee houses and historical buildings such as the old and new town hall.

In the Wienbibliothek in the town hall, original sources of the Wiener Kreis are also available, including Kurt Gödel's collection. During the exhibition, the Wienbibliothek also offers guided tours that take place on specified dates.

historical meaning and effects

The Wiener Kreis worked in various scientific disciplines, actively contributed to the education and wanted to spread knowledge for everyone. Even after the dissolution of the association around 1934, due to the Austrofascism and the connection to Nazi Germany, the international importance of logical empiricism remained. Many members emigrated and continued the ideas of the Vienna district in the Anglo -American region.

The accompanying publication for the exhibition, "Vienna and the Scientific World Group - Places of the Vienna Kreis", also appears on June 4, 2025 and is available free of charge. Admission to the exhibition is free, the opening times vary and are from Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (from July 1 to August 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.), while it remains closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

For more information about the exhibition and its content, interested parties can visit the Vienna Library and the City of Vienna. The research and discussions of the Vienna district are not only of historical, but also of philosophical relevance and show the development of scientific thinking in the 20th century.

wien.gv.at reports that the exhibition granted important insights into the philosophy and social sciences of the 20th century. Further details can also be found on the website of the Wienbibliothek . For a comprehensive historical context, the wikipedia page on the subject is helpful to understand the legacy of the Vienna Circle in its full depth.