Following the completion of the relocation in early summer 2025 and the gradual operational start-up in the months that followed, the Filmmuseum LAB marks a significant milestone in the further development of the Austrian Film Museum. Covering an area of around 1,500 square meters, the building houses a state-of-the-art museum depot, specialized workrooms for restoration, archiving, and digitization, as well as areas for research and education. Around 85,000 film cans, 5,000 cassettes, and tens of thousands of posters, photographs, screenplays, and documents have found a new, professionally equipped home here.
"The Austrian Film Museum has long been recognized internationally for its excellence in collecting, cataloging, preserving, and sharing film culture," said Director Michael Loebenstein. "With the new Filmmuseum LAB, we now have the space and technical infrastructure to carry out this work under the best possible conditions. This benefits not only the preservation of invaluable cultural assets but also the working environment for our staff, who safeguard our collections and make them accessible to the public."
The Filmmuseum LAB was officially unveiled on 24 September 2025 during a press tour attended by Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler, Vienna's Acting City Councillor for Culture and Science Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Film Museum Director Michael Loebenstein, and ART for ART Managing Director Petra Höfinger.
