This list of museums in the state of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
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Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.
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Admont Abbey , ,
Admont , , Multiple , , Tours of the Benedictine monastery with Baroque architecture and museum collections of art, manuscripts and natural history displays
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Archaeology Museum of the University of Graz , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website original artifacts and casts of sculptures from Ancient Greece and Rome
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Austrian Aviation Museum , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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Austrian Open Air Museum Stübing , ,
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website historic rural buildings from all over Austria
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Austrian Sculpture Park , ,
Unterpremstätten , , Art , , Park with outdoor sculptures, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Brahms Museum Mürzzuschlag , ,
Mürzzuschlag , , Biography ,
website life of composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...
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City Museum Graz , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website city history, culture, art exhibits, includes Museumsapotheke, a complete historic pharmacy
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Diocesan Museum Graz , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website historical and ecclesiastical monuments of the diocese Graz-Seckau
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Dobl Transmitter , ,
Dobl
Dobl was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Dobl-Zwaring in the Graz-Umgebung District of Styria, Austria.Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG, ''Landesgesetzblatt des Landes Steiermark''. Nr. 31/2014 ( ...
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Erzberg Adventure , ,
Eisenerz , , Mining ,
website above and below ground tours of the
Erzberg mine
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Folk Life Museum , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Art , , Pre-industrial period home life, clothing, beliefs, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Frida and Fred , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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Gipsmuseum , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture
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Gösting Castle
Gösting Castle (german: Burg Gösting) is a ruined castle in Gösting, the 13th borough in the northwest of the Styrian capital Graz, Austria.
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Due to its good strategic location, the castle controlled the narrow Mur River, Mura valley n ...
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Gösting
Gösting (; from Slavic ''gostinca'' = hostel, or ''gozd'' = mountain forest) is the 13th city district of Graz, in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the north-west of the city between the river Mur and the Plabutsch mountain an ...
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Hallstatt Museum
The Hallstatt Museum (german: Museum Hallstatt) is a museum in Hallstatt, Upper Austria, that has an unrivalled collection of discoveries from the local Salt mining, salt mines and from the cemeteries of Iron Age date near to the mines, which have ...
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Großklein , , Archaeology ,
website artifacts from the
Neolithic Age to the late
Middle Ages, the emphasis in the
Hallstatt period
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Hans Gross Criminal Museum , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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Hanns Schell Collection , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website locks, keys, boxes, wrought and cast iron items
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House of Architecture , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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Johann Puch Museum , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website motorcycles and cars designed by
Johann Puch
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Kunsthaus Graz , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Art , , Contemporary art including architecture, design, new media, CGI, film and photography, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Künstlerhaus Graz , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Art , , Contemporary art of Styria, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Museum im Palais , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Art , , Decorative arts including furnishings, handcrafts made of metal, wood, ivory, ceramic, glass, textiles, wrought iron, costumes, musical instruments, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Museum of Perception , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website perceptual installations and exhibitions
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Natural History Museum , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Art , , Opening in 2013, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Neue Galerie Graz , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Art , , Includes painting, graphic art, poster art, sculpture, photography and video, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Railway Museum Knittelfeld , ,
Knittelfeld , , Railway ,
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Riegersburg Castle , ,
Riegersburg
Riegersburg is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Riegersburg Castle
Riegersburg Castle is a medieval castle situated on a dormant volcano above the town of Riegersburg in the Austrian state o ...
, , Historic house , , Medieval castle with exhibits about the 17th-century age of witch hunting in Styria and the fate of two castle women during that period
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Roman Museum , ,
Wagna , , Archaeology , , Excavated Roman city, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Schloss Eggenberg , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Historic house , , Baroque palace complex with gardens, art, archaeology and coin collections from the
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Schloss Herberstein , ,
Sankt Johann bei Herberstein
Sankt Johann bei Herberstein is a former municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. It has 355 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011). Since 2015, it is part of the municipality Feistritztal.
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, , Historic house , , Medieval castle with historic gardens, a zoo and the Gironcoli Museum which features works by contemporary Austrian artist
Bruno Gironcoli
Bruno Gironcoli (27 September 1936 – 19 February 2010) was an Austrian modern artist.
Born in Villach, Gironcoli began training as a goldsmith in 1951 in Innsbruck, completing his apprenticeship in 1956. Between 1957 and 1962 he studied in ...
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Schloss Seggau , ,
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Schloss Stainz
Schloss Stainz is a former monastery in Stainz, located in the Austrian state of Styria. Today, the Baroque complex belongs to the Counts of Meran and hosts two museum collections from the Universal Museum Joanneum.
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Stainz , , Multiple , , Former Baroque monastery that houses Styrian Hunting Museum and the Museum of Agriculture and Forestry, two collections of the
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Schloss Trautenfels
Trautenfels Castle (German: ''Schloss Trautenfels'') is a palace located in the district of Liezen in Styria. It lies directly on the Enns at 673m in the municipality Pürgg-Trautenfels on a cliff protrusion at the foot of the Grimming.
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Pürgg-Trautenfels
Pürgg-Trautenfels is a former municipality in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Stainach-Pürgg.
Geography
Pürgg-Trautenfels lies in valley of the up ...
, , Multiple , , Palace complex that include the Regional Landscape Museum of the
Universalmuseum Joanneum, exhibits of the natural and the cultural history of the Ennstal Valley
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Styrian Armory , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
, , Military , , Armory with weapons, tools, suits of armour, part of
Universalmuseum Joanneum
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Styrian Fire Service Museum , ,
Groß Sankt Florian
Groß Sankt Florian is a municipality in the district of Deutschlandsberg (district), Deutschlandsberg in the Austrian state of Styria.
Geography
It is located in southern Austria, near Slovenia and is approximately 35 km from Graz.
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Tramway Museum Graz , ,
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
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website vintage trams
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Winter Sport Museum , ,
Mürzzuschlag , , Sports ,
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Pfeilburg, Fürstenfeld , ,
Fürstenfeld , , Multiple ,
website
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...