Austrian Open-Air Museum at Stubing, Graz is located on the right bank of the Mur on the northwestern suburb of Gösting. Austrian Open-Air Museum at Stubing, Graz is famous for its old peasant houses, barns and mills from the various Austrian provinces and is considered as one of the most important Graz Tourist Attractions.
Austrian Open-Air Museum at Stubing, Graz is actually an open-air museum of Austrian village architecture. You will find here traditional rural houses and farm buildings brought there from all over Austria and re-built among the meadows and woods. The wooded valley and the indigenous architecture of Austria here stand in a harmonious co-existence and the entire setting imparts an impression of a scene straight out of a sepia-tinted picture postcard bearing impacts of time long gone by. And, what you get to know in turn is the root of the vernacular culture – something which is of immense importance to the development of the country.
Built in 1962, Austrian Open-Air Museum at Stubing, Graz is regarded as one of the most important central open-air museums of Europe. Around 100 authentic, historically significant farmsteads and agricultural buildings from all corners of Austria spread across an extensive 60 hectare-area. It is a vivid presentation in the manner of a scientific documentation preserving the rural culture spanning over six centuries so that the future generations can witness the charm and splendor of the native cultures before these are lost into the darkness of oblivion. And, you know why it truly deserves the prestigious Museum Quality Seal of the International Council of Museums of the UNESCO.
Here, you will find buildings from Burgenland, the eastern-most province of Austria, the impressive ‘Rauchstubenhäuser’ or smoke-room buildings of the south-eastern alpine region and the stone built structures of the Danube basin.
Admire the traditional alpine farmsteads from Tyrol or Salzburg and the archaic structures from the western-most province Vorarlberg. All these reflect the great variety of the regional culture of Austria.
There are beautiful gardens also at Austrian Open-Air Museum at Stubing, Graz and these were an essential part of the farms. These gardens are home to
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