Viennese poster studio: Explore 150,000 historical treasures digitally!

Viennese poster studio: Explore 150,000 historical treasures digitally!

Wien, Österreich - The city of Vienna celebrates a digital milestone! With the introduction of a new online portal, access to one of the world's largest foster collections is revolutionized. From now on, users can rummage through plakatstudio.wienbibliothek.at in an impressive collection of 150,000 posters from three centuries. This ambitious project is the result of a collaboration between the Wienbibliothek and the Faculty of Computer Science at the Vienna University of Technology and could exceed Hornbach's previous record in terms of diversity and scope, as SN.AT reports.

100 years ago Vienna initiated the systematic collection of posters that can be experienced in digital form today. The collection, which impresses not only in its width, but also in the variety of motifs, reflects the constant changes in the medium - from graphic design trends to digital revolution. These posters can now be searched with the help of artificial intelligence, which enables the search for specific colors or even faces, and thus increases the viewer's interactive experience, as in the Kleine Zeitung is executed.

The legacy of the poster

Access to this digital treasury marks an important step in the preservation and presentation of cultural heritage and the way historical documents are provided to the public. The poster, one of the oldest and most effective means of communication, is thus again on the center - but now digitally and accessible to a wider public.