Exhibition

Pretty colorful!

The rainbow phenomenon

02.07.2022-19.01.2023 Volkskundemuseum

The Folk Life Museum at the Paulustor puts the rainbow at the heart of a special exhibition and seeks answers to questions about a physical phenomenon with unsurpassed symbolic power. more ...

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SHOWING STYRIA: how it is

Worlds – Changes – Perspectives

10.04.-31.10.2021 Volkskundemuseum

The exhibition undertakes a survey of the current social situation and cultural forms of expression, linking these how a Central European region sees and perceives itself, one which also enjoys especial popularity as a tourist destination. more ...

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The Petrol Station Myth

11.04.2019-06.01.2020 Volkskundemuseum

This exhibition follows the trail of the petrol station from the very outset, via technical and architectural innovations, up to its role as a substitute shop and local centre of communication following the disappearance of grocers and inns. more ...

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In Bed

Episodes of a Refuge

30.06.2017-30.12.2018 Volkskundemuseum

What do people do in bed? This object is far more than just a piece of furniture. more ...

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Styria in View

Perspectives on a Landscape

20.03.2015-06.01.2016 14:00-18:00 Volkskundemuseum

The exhibition is part of the thematic focus on ‘Landscape’ that is being taken up at several Universalmuseum Joanneum locations throughout 2015. more ...

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Superstition – Super-knowledge

A World Not Random

28.03.-30.11.2014 Volkskundemuseum

The Folk Life Museum owns an extensive collection of objects from the 18th to the early 20th century, which are described as superstitious, folkloristic or simply as magical cures. more ...

Permanent Collection

Folk Life Museum

Permanent exhibition

01.01.2014-06.01.2020 Volkskundemuseum

The permanent exhibition at the Folk Life Museum focuses thematically on three areas – The Home, Dress and Beliefs. These themes are represented by everyday things particularly of the pre-industrial period. more ...

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TimeTimeTime…

On the pace of life and the art of dawdling

01.03.-30.11.2012 Volkskundemuseum

This exhibition is an invitation to think about the way we use time and to track down islands of autonomy that stand above the stream of time.    more ...

Exhibition

Christmas presents – Who are they from, Baby Jesus or Father Christmas?

An exhibition at the Folk Life Museum

19.11.2010-09.01.2011 09:00-16:00 Volkskundemuseum

"Christmas Presents" traces a tortuous path through European cultural history, on the trail of a phenomenon whose religious roots are scarcely discernible any more.   more ...

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l[i]eben

boundless and offbounds

16.02.-26.10.2010 09:00-16:00 Volkskundemuseum

A collaborative exhibition between the Office of Memories and the Folk Life Museum   more ...

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Krampus. Wickedness Tamed

Exhibition at the Folk Life Museum

20.11.2009-10.01.2010 10:00-17:00 Volkskundemuseum

The Krampus is among the most fascinating figures in Austrian traditional life. A new exhibition at the Folk Life Museum features impressive examples from the private Wabitsch collection.   more ...

Folk Life Museum

Paulustorgasse 11-13a
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24th/25th December 2023