Agriculture Museum, Schloss StainzUniversalmuseum Joanneum, Stainz (A)
CATEGORIES: exhibition projects, mediation tools & storylines
CLIENT: Universalmuseum Joanneum GmbH, Graz
TEAM: Dieter Bogner, Martina Zerovnik
PERIOD: 2007−2009
OPENED: September 19th 2009
OUR SERVICES:
draft of a spatial and functional programme; creating a concept for the new display of the collections; text production; curatorial support during implementation
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As part of the museum master plan, which bogner.cc created for the Universalmuseum Joanneum, it was planned to redesign both collection areas at Schloss Stainz–the hunting museum and the agriculture museum. bogner.cc was responsible for the conceptual development of content, the development of a spatial and functional programme and for the supervision of implementation, including the production of exhibition texts, at both museums.
One highlight of the agricultural collection consists of the models of modern agricultural machines based on originals, which the founder of the Joanneum, Archduke Johann, had made to encourage the industrialisation of Styrian agriculture and make farmers’ work easier. Taking this thematic focus, the new exhibition displays concentrates on the tension between preindustrial and industrial production and their consequences for today. Cultural and historical questions, interactive media and a focused presentation of objects complement each other to communicate a differentiated picture between romanticism and reality.
Photo 1: © UMJ/N. Lackner
Further projects based on the museum master plan for the Universalmuseum Joanneum and implemented under the curatorial supervision of bogner.cc:
Permanent exhibition at the Folk Life Museum, Graz (2003)
Permanent exhibition at the Hunting Museum, Schloss Stainz (2006)
Permanent exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Graz (September 2009)
PROJECT PARTNERS
Exhibition design: driendl*architects, Vienna
Media design: project:syntropy GmbH, Magdeburg
Graphic design: Marianne Winkler, Linz