Online Catalogue Published
Online catalogue published
During the summer of 2024, the Salzburg Festival received funding approval for its grant application to the EU and the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Public Services and Sports for the project “Kulturerbe digital” (Digital Cultural Heritage).
The goal of this programme, which is supported by the EU and the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Public Services and Sports, is to make Austria’s cultural heritage accessible via digital technologies, enabling a broad public to use them. All programme books (since 1920) are currently being digitized, along with posters and costume sketches of Festival productions. This involves the capture and processing of approximately 300,000 printed pages of event-related publications, 300 posters and approximately 7,000 costume designs on paper.
The first digitised items are now accessible via the online catalogue and cover collections dating back to the late 1970s. The data records are continuously updated and expanded by archive staff.
In addition, 3D scans of costumes and related props from four selected productions are being made and will be available from spring 2026. From this point onwards, all objects will also be displayed on the kulturpool.at website.
The digitisation is supported by acm (austrian capital management).
