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List of museums in Styria

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This list of museums in the state of Styria, 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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Name Location Type Summary
Admont Abbey Admont Multiple Tours of the Benedictine monastery with Baroque architecture and museum collections of art, manuscripts and natural history displays
Archaeology Museum of the University of Graz Graz Archaeology website, original artifacts and casts of sculptures from Ancient Greece and Rome
Austrian Aviation Museum Graz Aviation website
Austrian Open Air Museum Stübing Stuebing Open-air website, historic rural buildings from all over Austria
Austrian Sculpture Park Unterpremstätten Art Park with outdoor sculptures, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Brahms Museum Mürzzuschlag Mürzzuschlag Biography website, life of composer Johannes Brahms
City Museum Graz Graz Local website, city history, culture, art exhibits, includes Museumsapotheke, a complete historic pharmacy
Diocesan Museum Graz Graz Religious website, historical and ecclesiastical monuments of the diocese Graz-Seckau
Dobl Transmitter Dobl Technology Former radio transmitter and equipment
Erzberg Adventure Eisenerz Mining website, above and below ground tours of the Erzberg mine
Folk Life Museum Graz Art Pre-industrial period home life, clothing, beliefs, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Frida and Fred Graz Children's website
Gipsmuseum Graz Art website, plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture
Gösting Castle Gösting History
Hallstatt Museum Großklein Archaeology website, artifacts from the Neolithic Age to the late Middle Ages, the emphasis in the Hallstatt period
Hans Gross Criminal Museum Graz Law enforcement website
Hanns Schell Collection Graz Decorative arts website, locks, keys, boxes, wrought and cast iron items
House of Architecture Graz Architecture website
Johann Puch Museum Graz Automotive website, motorcycles and cars designed by Johann Puch
Kunsthaus Graz Graz Art Contemporary art including architecture, design, new media, CGI, film and photography, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Künstlerhaus Graz Graz Art Contemporary art of Styria, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Museum im Palais Graz Art Decorative arts including furnishings, handcrafts made of metal, wood, ivory, ceramic, glass, textiles, wrought iron, costumes, musical instruments, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Museum of Perception Graz Art website, perceptual installations and exhibitions
Natural History Museum Graz Art Opening in 2013, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Neue Galerie Graz Graz Art Includes painting, graphic art, poster art, sculpture, photography and video, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Railway Museum Knittelfeld Knittelfeld Railway website
Riegersburg Castle Riegersburg 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
Roman Museum Wagna Archaeology Excavated Roman city, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Schloss Eggenberg Graz Historic house Baroque palace complex with gardens, art, archaeology and coin collections from the Universalmuseum Joanneum
Schloss Herberstein Sankt Johann bei Herberstein Historic house Medieval castle with historic gardens, a zoo and the Gironcoli Museum which features works by contemporary Austrian artist Bruno Gironcoli
Schloss Seggau Seggauberg Historic house
Schloss Stainz Stainz Multiple Former Baroque monastery that houses Styrian Hunting Museum and the Museum of Agriculture and Forestry, two collections of the Universalmuseum Joanneum
Schloss Trautenfels Pürgg-Trautenfels 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
Styrian Armory Graz Military Armory with weapons, tools, suits of armour, part of Universalmuseum Joanneum
Styrian Fire Service Museum Groß Sankt Florian Firefighting website
Tramway Museum Graz Graz Transportation website, vintage trams
Winter Sport Museum Mürzzuschlag Sports website
Pfeilburg, Fürstenfeld Fürstenfeld Multiple website