Volkskundemuseum am Paulustor

Om museet

The Volkskundemuseum (Museum of Folk Life and Culture) was founded in 1913 as a department of the Joanneum provincial museum; Viktor Geramb was instrumental in building it up. Its collection documents the material and intellectual culture of Styria and comprises tens of thousands of objects as well as a specialist library on folklore studies and a photo archive.

It is housed in a former Capuchin monastery from the early 17th century on Paulustorgasse on the Schloßberg. In the 1930s an extension was added with exhibition rooms, a costume hall and an equipment hall. The complex also includes the Antoniuskirche (St Anthony's Church), which has been used since 1916 for cultural events such as Styrian shepherds' and nativity songs.

Following a fundamental redesign, the permanent exhibition "Welten – Wandel – Perspektiven" (Worlds – Change – Perspectives) opened in 2021. It addresses topics such as prosperity and consumption, coexistence, migration and insecurity from the perspective of people in Styria and includes contemporary objects. The costume hall created by Geramb from 1936 was reinterpreted in 2022; since the end of 2024 a collection cabinet has shown changing objects from the depot.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition "Welten – Wandel – Perspektiven"
• Historic costume hall from the 1930s
• Antoniuskirche as part of the museum complex
• Collection cabinet with changing objects from the depot
• Fragrance garden with pavilion

Permanente udstillinger

• Welten – Wandel – Perspektiven – The permanent exhibition, on view since 2021, explores prosperity, coexistence and insecurity in everyday life in Styria and links historic objects with questions of the present.
• Trachtensaal – One of the few surviving costume halls shows how, during the crises of the 1930s, traditional costumes were used in the search for the "authentic" and in the construction of regional identity.

Grundlagt

1913

Ejer

Universalmuseum Joanneum GmbH

Ledelse

Michaela Steinböck-Köhler

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: National holiday (26 October): free admission

Free admission with the Kulturpass "Hunger auf Kunst & Kultur" and for ICOM members; the Graz Card and Steiermark-Card are valid. Discount of up to €2 with the Ö1 Club card, ÖAMTC membership and Bühnen Graz Card; a second ticket free with Holding Graz cards (e.g. KlimaTicket). Drei KulturSonntag: two tickets for the price of one on Sundays. School groups with the school card "Echt Klasse!" free of charge.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum is accessible to wheelchair users, except for the Rauchstube (smoke room). A loan wheelchair is available at the ticket desk on presentation of ID. Assistance dogs are welcome. Tours for blind and visually impaired people with tactile elements, as well as in Easy Language, are offered.

Børn og familie

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

Programmes for kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools as well as Christmas family programmes; groups book in advance.

Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje

Rental via "Joanneum to rent": Heimatsaal (theatre-style seating), fragrance garden with pavilion, foyer and Antoniuskirche; tours for event guests in German and English.

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