Tag des Denkmals 2026: the Secession as a living monument — Vienna

Austria’s heritage day, Tag des Denkmals, falls on Sunday 27 September 2026, and the Vienna Secession is opening its own building for it. The house on Friedrichstraße has stood since 1898, Joseph Maria Olbrich’s design for the artists who had broken with the Künstlerhaus the year before, and it is still run by them — artist-run since 1897 is how the association describes itself.

Three thematic tours, fifty minutes each, take the building as a monument still in use rather than a finished object: its history, its architecture, and the question the 2026 national motto puts — Denkmale: Wert für alle, monuments as a value for everyone. The tours also look at how the Secession’s contemporary exhibitions keep answering back to the architecture that houses them, taking up its spaces and its history as part of the work, and at how care, restoration and present-day use keep the historic fabric alive.

Practical details

• When: Sunday 27 September 2026 — tours at 11am, 12 noon and 2pm, fifty minutes each
• Where: Secession, Friedrichstraße 12, 1010 Vienna, Austria
• Language: German
• Admission: free, but only as part of the guided tours
• Booking: registration is requested; the Secession’s own page for the day gives the address to write to

Full details are on the Secession’s own site. Cultural Heritage Online lists this event for readers planning a visit to Vienna; registration is handled directly by the Secession.