The Ministry was first founded in 1848 in the wake of the
Bourgeois revolution. Back then, it was named "Ministry for Cultus and Education" and included religious affairs. In the first years of the
First Austrian Republic it was merged into the "Ministry for Interior and Education", until it became its own authority again in 1923. Chancellor
Bruno Kreisky restructured it in 1971, creating the
Ministry of Science and Research on one hand and the "Ministry of Education and Arts" on the other. From 2000 to 2007, they were merged again and formed a "Ministry of Education, Science and Culture". In 2007, the Science Ministry was again established as its own authority. This left the remaining parts as "Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture" (
German:
Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur, short:
BMUKK or
Unterrichtsministerium). It then had additional responsibilities in the fields of Religious foundations and the arts, such as theatre and Film promotion, Museums and related management and funding, such as for the
Austrian National Library, and the
Vienna Philharmonic. The
Bundesdenkmalamt was a sub department of the BMUKK as well. == Ministers ==