For the History Museum, it’s about the interaction between humans and nature: since time immemorial, natural conditions have determined the life of those persons settled here. These in turn have time and again endeavoured to mould nature to their own advantage.
By looking at the medieval monasteries, Graz Castle or the industrial area around Donawitz, for example, we show that history takes place not only in time, but in space, too. History has centres and venues, intersections and intermediary spaces, motorways and slip roads. These form the building blocks of a landscape that can be explored by the public within the framework of our exhibition.
Mountains, forests and hilly landscapes, rivers and lakes create a perimeter for the historical landscape. Nature, technology and the languages spoken historically in Styria can be heard as the ‘background noise of history’.
