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SHOWING STYRIA 2025 can be seen in Schloss Eggenberg. It focuses on the history of this famous building and the Eggenberg princely family who owned it. Exactly 400 years ago, Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg decided to have this palace built. Hans Ulrich was an influential man in the empire at the time. And he wanted his castle to be immediately recognisable: Whoever lives here is a good ruler, he has power and great ambitions. Prince Hans Ulrich wanted to ensure peace and order, and that was what people longed for at the time. Because there was a war going on which led to a lot of insecurity and hardship.
The main exhibition of SHOWING STYRIA takes place in the state rooms of Schloss Eggenberg. It is called Schloss Eggenberg: the staging of a world and shows that this house functions like a large theatre stage.
Locations
Schloss Eggenberg and state rooms
Archaeology Museum
Coin Cabinett
Duration
26 April to 2 November 2025
Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 10am to 6pm
Contact
By prior appointment: +43-316/8017-9560
info-eggenberg@museum-joanneum.at
Curatorial team Schloss Eggenberg
Head: Paul Schuster
Team: Barbara Kaiser, Stefan Albl
Graz 1699
Sarah Kiszter, Daniel Modl
The Eggenberg Family and the Power of Money
Karl Peitler, Marc-Philipp Wahl
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Here you can learn lots of interesting facts about the period around 1600 and the Eggenberg family. You also get an impression of what it was like to live and work in the palace at that time.
You will learn more about the mysteries contained in the architecture of Schloss Eggenberg and what the magnificent paintings in the Planetary Room tell us.
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Two smaller exhibitions at Schloss Eggenberg invite visitors to find out more about the Eggenberg family and the period around 400 years ago:
In the exhibition The Eggenberg Family and the Power of Money, the Coin Cabinet displays special coins on which you can see pictures and names of members of the Eggenberg family. The Eggenbergs had the right to mint their own coins.
The Graz 1699 exhibition can be seen in the Archaeology Museum. Thanks to modern technology, you can experience what the city of Graz looked like in the 17th century!
Situation on site
Here you will soon find more detailed information on accessibility at SHOWING STYRIA 2025 in Schloss Eggenberg.
SHOWING STYRIA also includes three pavilions. In the pavilions you can see works of art that make us think about what the past has to do with the present. The Music Pavilion is located in Eggenberg Palace Park, the Styrian Pavilion can be seen in Mariazell and Leoben and the Alpine Adriatic region Pavilion is on show in Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Three Pavilions
Music Pavilion
Styria Pavilion
Alpine Adriatic region Pavilion
Locations and durations
Vienna, Heldenplatz: 13.03.-30.03.2025
Schloss Eggenberg: 26.04.-02.11.2025
Mariazell: 01.05-28.07.2025
Leoben: 20.08.-31.10.2025
Ljubljana: tba
Contact
Contact person for accessibility on site from 13 March to 30 March 2025
Information/visitor service team: +43-699/1334-8011 (daily 10am-6pm)
Curated by
Günther Holler-Schuster
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Pavilions in Vienna
Duration
13.-30.03.2025, 10am–6pm
Location
Vienna, Heldenplatz, 48, between the castle gate and the entrance to the Hofburg - if you have the castle gate behind you, on the left before the entrance to the Hofburg.
Contact
Contact person for accessibility on site from 13 March to 30 March 2025
Information/visitor service team: +43-699/1334-8011 (daily 10am-6pm)
Admission
Admission to the pavilions in Vienna is free.
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From 13 March to 30 March, all three pavilions can be seen together at Vienna's Heldenplatz.
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Situation on site
The three pavilions are designed very differently. Each has around 145 square metres. All three pavilions are barrier-free and accessible via two different ramps. There are no doors that visitors have to open, only open entrances and exits. Therefore all the pavilions are accessible for wheelchairs (with and without assistance), rollators and pushchairs.
Visitors can move around inside and outside the exhibition areas. There is sufficient space for wheelchair users to move freely around the installation. The floor is made of wood in different colours. There are neither markings nor a tactile guidance system.
There is seating inside the pavilions.
The visitor service team will assist you on site. Visually impaired and blind visitors receive a brief introduction and can also be accompanied if needed.
The temperature in the pavilions depends on the weather, so we recommend wearing appropriate clothing.
Visitors move around the outdoor and indoor areas.
After the joint presentation of the three pavilions in Vienna, they will move individually to the following locations:
Music Pavilion: Eggenberg Palace, 26 April to 2 November 2025
Styria Pavilion: Mariazell, 1 May to 28 July 2025
Styria Pavilion: Leoben, 20 August to 31 November 2025
Alpine Adriatic region Pavilion: Ljubljana: period to be announced
Music Pavilion
Baroque theatrics
Schloss Eggenberg (Park)
26 April to 2 November 2025
Admission Park
2 €
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The Music Pavilion is located in Eggenberg Palace Park. Here, everything revolves around music from the period in which the Princes of Eggenberg lived. The composer Klaus Lang has focussed on the ceiling paintings in Eggenberg Palace and composed new music to accompany them. This music can be heard in the pavilion and also in the park. Curtain walls by Hubert Schmalix and Erwin Wurm can be seen.
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Styria Pavilion
Tradition and modernity
Mariazell
1 May to 28 July 2025
Leoben
20 August to 31 October 2025
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The Styria Pavilion can be seen in Mariazell and Leoben. It is about the interplay between tradition and modernity in our province. How important is the traditional in Styria and how is it compatible with modern life and social progress? The pavilion will be showing artworks by Herbert Brandl, Constantin Luser, Plateau Residue, Antonia Jeitler, Karoline Rudolf and Mito Gegič around these and similar questions.
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Alpine Adriatic region Pavilion
Regional identities
Ljubljana, Slovenia
tba
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The Alpine Adriatic region Pavilion will be on display in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and is a reminder that Styria is part of a region that, after several wars, now belongs to several countries. The works of art on display deal with themes such as belonging, culture and the question of what makes us who we are. On display are works by Franz Kapfer, Christof Neugebauer, Milica Tomić, Total Refusal, Lena Violetta Leitner, Michael Pöllinger and Andreas Heller.
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