PERMANENT EXHIBITION AT PALAIS HERBERSTEIN IN GRAZ

• Space Planning
• Interior Design
• Lighting Design

The new trilogy of permanent exhibitions showcases the Styrian cultural heritage at the History Museum, located on the second floor of the Palais Herberstein, a significant historic building in the city center. The “Schaudepot”, conceived as an exhibition depot, consisting of two parts, the Cultural History Collection and the Multimedia Collection, represents together with the exhibition “100 x Steiermark” a  milestone in the transformation of the History Museum Graz. The first section of “Schaudepot” honors the diversity of physical objects that reflects use of industrial material with less customization while providing an interaction with the historic artifacts. While the exhibition setting is multifunctional and freely adaptable, it also retains a consistent interior lining which creates an atmosphere that displays objects of various shapes and sizes allowing visitors to experience the historical space from an unexpected perspective. The second part displays multimedia archives enabling deep insights into the dispersed depot character through tailored scenography which leads the visitor to embark on a journey through the genesis of the Multimedia Collection. Finally, formerly hidden treasures of both collections are made accessible to the public in a raw and industrial surrounding, enabled by the fluent transition throughout of an infinite metal wall loop that allows a balance of historic content and contemporary exhibition design.

• project name: HISTORY MUSEUM – SCHAUDEPOT
• function: Exhibition, Best of
• location: Graz, AUSTRIA
• client:
  • Universalmuseum Joanneum
• floor space: 486 m²
• number of floors: 1
• construction start: 12 / 2016
• completion: 11 / 2017
• construction cost: EUR 540.000
• project team:

  • Patrick Handler,
    Martin Lesjak, Jörg Kindermann, Anastasija Lesjak, Dominik Gladik, Sigrid Prinz, Amila Smajlovic

• photographer: Paul Ott