page_title: Graz
section_title: Museums
hierarchical_section_title: Graz / Culture / Museums
caption_attribution_description: Tramway Museum English: Please report references to kulacgmx.at. Deutsch: Quellenangabe und Beleg an kulacgmx.at erbeten.
context_page_description: Graz is the capital city of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2019, it had a population of 328,276. In 2015, the population of the Graz larger urban zone stood at 633,168, based on principal-residence status. Graz has a long tradition as a seat of higher education. It has four colleges and four universities with more than 60,000 students. Its historic centre is one of the best-preserved city centres in Central Europe.
  For centuries, Graz was more important to Slovenes and Croats, both politically and culturally, than the capitals of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Zagreb, Croatia; it remains influential to this day. In 1999, the city's historic centre was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and in 2010 the designation was expanded to include Eggenberg Palace on the western edge of the city. Graz was designated the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2003 and became a City of Culinary Delights in 2008.
context_section_description: The most important museums in Graz are:
  Schloss Eggenberg with Alte Galerie (paintings and sculptures from the Romanesque to the end of the Baroque period), Coin Collection, Lapidarium (Roman stonework collection),Archeological Museum (featuring the Cult Wagon of Strettweg) a special exhibitions area and the 90,000 m² romantic landscape gardens.
  Museum im Palais: museum of Styrian cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present.
  Neue Galerie: visual arts from the 19th and 20th centuries.
  Natural History Museum: exhibition of botany, mineralogy and zoology.
  Stadtmuseum Graz: city museum.
  Kunsthaus: exhibition hall of contemporary art.
  Forum Stadtpark: museum of contemporary art.
  Camera Austria: museum of contemporary photography.
  Landeszeughaus: medieval armory comprising 32,000 pieces of armour and weaponry, largest of its kind in the world.
  Volkskundemuseum: museum of folk culture and lore.
  Diözesanmuseum: museum of the Roman Catholic Church.
  Künstlerhaus: exhibition hall of contemporary visual arts.
  Literaturhaus: museum of contemporary German literature.
  Museum der Wahrnehmung: museum of the senses, samadhi bath.
  Kindermuseum Frida&Fred: museum for children.
  Tramway Museum: 40 historic trams, the oldest dating from 1873.
  Kriminalmuseum: museum of criminology.
  Luftfahrtmuseum: (Graz airport) aviation museum.
  Hanns Schell Collection: key and lock museum, largest of its kind in the world.
  Austrian Sculpture Park: seven hectares of contemporary sculpture.
  Botanical Garden of Graz: three architecturally interesting glass houses plus gardens.
caption: Tramway Museum
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