Museum sights in The South
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Alte Galerie & Museums
The second interesting aspect of any visit (the important one in winter months) is the remarkable works of art held in museums inside the palace and grounds. The Alte Galerie (Old Gallery) houses paintings from the Middle Ages to the baroque. In a clever touch, each room has been individually coloured to highlight and complement the dominant tones of the paintings displayed in them. In summer, admission to the Alte Galerie is included in the price of tours.
The palace houses three other excellent collections, which can be visited with admission to the Alte Galerie or Schloss itself. In the Pre- and Early-History Collection the prize exhibition is the exceptional Strettweg…
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Eboard Museum
With the largest collection of keyboard instruments in Europe (over 1300), this quirky new museum will definitely appeal to anyone who loves music. It’s literally a ‘fingers-on’ museum: you can play most of the organs, which includes rare items like a Model A Hammond from 1934, a Hohner Clavinet model, which Stevie Wonder still uses today, and many more. Live bands perform on Friday nights at 8pm.
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Museum im Palais
Due to open in late 2011. Houses Styria’s collection of treasures in a former baroque palace.
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Garrison Museum
Museum in Schlossberg.
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Kulturhistorische Sammlung
A museum with crafted applied arts from the Middle Ages to present.
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Volkskundemuseum
Museum devoted to folk art and lifestyle; highlights include 2000 years of traditional clothing.
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Stadtmuseum
Temporary exhibitions on local history.
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Museum der Wahrnehmung
Small but unusual collection that explores sensory illusions; the samadhi (meditative) bath is a therapeutic bath that deprives the body of all sensory input.
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Landesmuseum Joanneum
The Landesmuseum Joanneum, founded in 1811, is Austria’s oldest museum and, with 19 locations, is pretty much the gardener of Graz’s rich cultural landscape.
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Landeszeughaus
The Landeszeughaus will quite possibly rate as your favourite Austrian museum if you have a passion for armour and weapons. It houses an astounding array of gleaming pieces (more than 30,000 in fact).
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Alte Galerie
The Alte Galerie is the best among the museums housed within the Schloss, with exquisite paintings and sculpture dating from the Romanesque period through to the late baroque. The palace houses three other collections, which can be visited with admission to the Alte Galerie or Schloss itself.
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Frida & Fred
The creation of FriDa & FreD, Graz’s first museum devoted to children, makes it even better. This small but fun-packed museum is aimed at kids up to the age of 12, and hosts workshops, exhibitions and theatre. Like any good children’s museum, it has loads of hands-on tasks and interactive displays.
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Landesmuseum Rudolfinum
This museum has lots on natural and cultural history, often organised around themes; Celtic and classical objects and jewellery, and the multimedia ‘Glocknerrama’ – an acoustic and visual simulation that leads you to the peak of Austria’s highest mountain – are highlights. Its Lindwurmschädel (dragon skull; located in the room next to the relief of the Hohe Tauern) was found in the 14th century and became the model for the head of Klagenfurt’s central fountain.
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