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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:17:00

Founded in 1811 by Archduke Johann, a reform-minded Habsburg who loved the mountains and people of Styria, the Universalmuseum Joanneum is the oldest public museum in Austria and one of the largest in central Europe. Its central Graz campus, the Joanneumsviertel, gathers several of its collections around a striking sunken plaza in the middle of the old town. The archduke conceived the institution as a place of learning for everyone, donating his own collections of minerals, plants, coins and in...