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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.
The list
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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 |