Museum of Society and Economy, Vienna

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educational institution museum

The Museum of Society and Economy in Vienna was an innovative early 20th-century institution known for pioneering modern visual education and social statistics displays under the direction of Otto Neurath.

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Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf educational institution ⓘ
museum ⓘ
aim to educate the public about social and economic conditions ⓘ
to make statistics understandable to a broad audience ⓘ
associatedWith Western Marxism ⓘ
surface form: Austro-Marxism

Vienna City Council and Landtag ⓘ
surface form: Vienna City Administration

social reform movement in Vienna ⓘ
city Vienna ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
director Otto Neurath ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork social education ⓘ
social statistics ⓘ
visual education ⓘ
focus economy ⓘ
living conditions of the population ⓘ
society ⓘ
genre economic museum ⓘ
social museum ⓘ
hasEducationalRole adult education ⓘ
civic education ⓘ
hasTheme education ⓘ
employment ⓘ
health ⓘ
housing ⓘ
public welfare ⓘ
hasType statistics museum ⓘ
inception 1920s ⓘ
influenced development of Isotype ⓘ
later social and economic museums ⓘ
modern information design ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
locatedIn Vienna ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
surface form: Vienna, Austria
notableDirector Otto Neurath ⓘ
notableFor development of modern museum pedagogy ⓘ
innovative displays of social statistics ⓘ
pioneering modern visual education ⓘ
partOf Red Vienna social reform context ⓘ
significantPerson Otto Neurath ⓘ
usedFor policy communication ⓘ
public enlightenment ⓘ
usedMedium charts and diagrams ⓘ
exhibition panels ⓘ
posters ⓘ
usedMethod Isotype-like visual language ⓘ
pictorial statistics ⓘ

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Otto Neurath → employer → Museum of Society and Economy, Vienna ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien