New Year's reception with annual presentation 2026 of the Natural History Museum Vienna
19. January 2026
On Tuesday 20 January 2026 at 10.30 a.m.
Location: Lecture hall of the NHM Vienna, Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna
Entry: from 10 a.m., start: 10.30 a.m.
Location: Lecture hall of the NHM Vienna, Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna
Entry: from 10 a.m., start: 10.30 a.m.
The following spoke:
Dr Katrin Vohland, Director General and Scientific Director of NHM Vienna
Mag. Markus Roboch, Managing Director of NHM Vienna
as well as the curators on the concrete projects in 2026:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser (Director of the Geological-Palaeontological Department)
Eduard Winter (Kustos of the Pathological-Anatomical Collection in the Fool's Tower)
Priv. Doz. Dr. Swen Renner (Head of the Bird Collection)
Dr. Margit Berner (Director of the Anthropology Department)
Mag. Agnes Mair (Department of Science Communication)
Inquiry note:
Mag. Irina Kubadinow
Head of Press & Public Relations, press spokesperson
Tel.: + 43 (1) 521 77-410
irina.kubadinow@nhm.at
Mag. Klara Vakaj
Press officer
Tel.: + 43 (1) 521 77-626
klara.vakaj@nhm.at
Dr Katrin Vohland, Director General and Scientific Director of NHM Vienna
Mag. Markus Roboch, Managing Director of NHM Vienna
as well as the curators on the concrete projects in 2026:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser (Director of the Geological-Palaeontological Department)
Eduard Winter (Kustos of the Pathological-Anatomical Collection in the Fool's Tower)
Priv. Doz. Dr. Swen Renner (Head of the Bird Collection)
Dr. Margit Berner (Director of the Anthropology Department)
Mag. Agnes Mair (Department of Science Communication)
Inquiry note:
Mag. Irina Kubadinow
Head of Press & Public Relations, press spokesperson
Tel.: + 43 (1) 521 77-410
irina.kubadinow@nhm.at
Mag. Klara Vakaj
Press officer
Tel.: + 43 (1) 521 77-626
klara.vakaj@nhm.at
Speakers at the Annual Press Conference 2026 of NHM Vienna
v. r. n. l.: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser, Dr. Margit Berner, Eduad Winter,
Mag. Markus Roboch, Dr. Katrin Vohland, Priv. Doz. Dr. Swen Renner, Mag. Agnes Mair
© NHM Wien, Wilhelm Bauer-Thell
© NHM Wien, Wilhelm Bauer-Thell
Illustration for the exhibition "Good Collecting – Bad Collecting:
150 Years of the Natural History Museum Vienna"
© breadedEscalope / Benedikt Haid
Illustration for the exhibition "Good Collecting – Bad Collecting: 150 Years
of the Natural History Museum Vienna"
© breadedEscalope / Benedikt Haid
Illustration for the exhibition "Good Collecting – Bad Collecting:
150 Years of the Natural History Museum Vienna"
© breadedEscalope / Benedikt Haid
Illustration for the exhibition "High Voltage Warning: The Electric Shock –
A Class of Its Own"
© NHM
Wien, Chloe Potter
Illustration for the exhibition "High Voltage Warning: The Electric
Shock – A Class of Its Own"
© NHM Wien, Chloe Potter
Illustration for the exhibition "High Voltage Warning: The Electric
Shock – A Class of Its Own"
© NHM Wien, Chloe Potter
Illustration of the exhibition "Freshly Moulted: The New Habitats
of Birds"
© NHM Wien, Chloe
Potter
Illustration for the exhibition "GENchangers: Deciphered Secrets
from Early Medieval Burial Sites"
© Crazy Eye – 3D Studio
Illustration for the exhibition "GENchangers: Deciphered Secrets
from Early Medieval Burial Sites"
© ÖAW/Daniel Hinterramskogler