All programme items

Exhibition on the 250th birthday of Friederich Mohs

Spores

Pioneers of Reproduction

Alek Kawka

Monument

In the photographic intervention Monument, Alek Kawka deals with the motif of the tree as a natural monument.

Walter Köstenbauer

Critteries

Opening: 16.03.2023, 7 pm, free admission! Intervention by the Neue Galerie Graz in the permanent exhibition rooms of the Natural History Museum with works by Walter Köstenbauer. Using collaged, historical teaching aids, the artist questions the form and importance of conveying the knowledge of natural and art history.

Searching for Traces …

through Earth's History

Every process that occurs in nature, whether animate or inanimate, leaves behind traces.

Gold, Gold, Only You …

Opening: 30.09.2021 In several regions of Styria remarkable alluvial gold findings have been made in recent years.

On Slave Raiders and Aphid Farmers

Ants in Styria

The fascinating life of the 100 ant-species which can be found in Styria is presented by living animals, scale models and photos.

The Earth's Thin Skin

Our Soil

The international touring exhibition helps visitors understand the fascinating diversity of life in soil, and its functions.

The Fly

Opening: 16.05.2019, 7pm

Hotspot Mur

Concealed Emeralds

The River Mur is a hotspot of Styrian biodiversity.

SEXperts

Speedy Bees and Wonderful Pikes

Sex plays an important role not just for humans; it also acts as the engine of evolution for animals, plants and fungi.

Selected 2017

In case of "Designmonats Graz"

Nature in Human Hands?

Implications and undesirable side-effects

An exhibition in cooperation with Naturparke Steiermark. This exhibition prompts us to reflect upon our role in nature.

Toads, Snakes & More

In Our Gardens to Look For

Amphibians and reptiles are highly endangered creatures, afflicted by climate change, disease, and the loss of natural habitats, too. School children have explored where toads, snakes and other such animals can find alternative means of survival in Austrian gardens.

Interdependencies

An interactive travelling exhibition by ScienceCenter-Network

‘Questions of correlation’ from the world of science are the focal point here: interactions between medication and the body as well as feedback effects in physics and psychology are just some of the phenomena that can be playfully tested in this exhibition.

Globetrotters

New Fauna and Flora among Us

The spread of species foreign to the region (‘biological invasions’) has turned into a ‘hot topic’ in science and public debate in recent years.

Shifting Landscape

From the Matterhorn into the Land of Volcanoes

The exhibition portrays the geological landscapes along the Alpine arc, thus tackling current questions of transformation and development in the volcano landscape of Southeast Styria.

Out to Sea?

The Plastic Garbage Project

An exhibition by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich with generous support by Drosos Stiftung

Ophrys Flowers

Studies by Hildegard Könighofer

Portraits of Ophyrs flowers in pencil, Indian ink, watercolour and coloured pencil.

Fish Worlds

Greek fish plates from Florence Gottet Collection