In an exhibition at the Salzburg Museum, the work of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723), one of the most important master builders of European Baroque, is presented for several months. With buildings such as the Kollegienkirche (Collegiate Church) in Salzburg and the Karlskirche (St. Charles Church) in Vienna, Fischer von Erlach created icons of architectural history. As a visionary author, he published the first illustrated world history of architecture, “Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur, opens an external URL in a new window” (A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture). The Salzburg Museum in cooperation with the Wien Museum are taking the 300th anniversary of the day of the death of Fischer as an occasion to present the versatile oeuvre of the architect in a large-scale exhibition.

The copy of the famous “Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur, opens an external URL in a new window” in the exhibition is loaned from our rare books holdings. We are therefore glad to help spread the word about this fascinating exhibition.

06 April until 08 October 2023
SALZBURG MUSEUM, opens an external URL in a new window
NEUE RESIDENZ | KUNSTHALLE
MOZARTPLATZ 1
5010 SALZBURG

From 01 February 2024, the exhibition will be on view at the Wien Museum on Karlsplatz.

If you are interested in “Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur”, a copy of the same issue that is on view in the exhibition is available online at ETH Zurich in a digitised version, opens an external URL in a new window.