Name

Orientalisches Museum (Wien)

Author and year of editing
Karin von Wartburg 2024
Information About the Studio

The private "Orientalisches Museum" was founded in 1874 with the aim of promoting trade relations between the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the countries of the Balkans and Asia Minor. In 1887, the Oriental Museum was transformed into the "Handelsmuseum" (Raché, pp. 31-34).

Literature

Raché, P. (1899). Was thut Deutschland für seinen Aussenhandel?: Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Errichtung eines deutschen Reichs-Handelsmuseums. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111539829

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von Wartburg, K. (2024). Orientalisches Museum (Wien). In Vitrosearch. Retrieved July 9, 2026 from https://vitrosearch.ch/organizations/2709923.