25.09.2026 – 07.03.2027
Climate change is everywhere. It is particularly evident here in our glaciers, which are regarded as key indicators of climate change. In Austria, the glaciers are melting at a rapid pace. By the middle of this century, there will be hardly any glaciers left in the Eastern Alps. The exhibition at the Schlossmuseum, created in collaboration with the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research in Innsbruck, shows how glaciers are studied and what an important role they play in understanding climate change. At the heart of the exhibition is an ice core from the Ötztal Alps, from which up to 6,000 years of climate history can be deduced. Just like in an archive, the ice stores data on the composition of the air, the temperature, as well as the spread of plants and much more besides. The exhibition illustrates how glaciers form and the role they play in the global climate system. The Dachstein plays a special role. It was the research area of Friedrich Simony, one of the pioneers of glacier research. Simony was among those scientists who, at the beginning of the 20th century, provided evidence that the Alpine landscape was shaped by huge glaciers that must have stretched across the entire Alpine region. This evidence of a past ice age was what really set climate research in motion.
Snow of Yesteryear – Glaciers. Climate. Research.
25.09.2026 – 07.03.2027
Schlossmuseum
Schlossberg 1, 4020 Linz
www.ooekultur.at
