"how it is" - Permanent Exhibition Folk Life Museum Graz

Heidi Pretterhofer

The title "how it is. Worlds - Changes - Perspectives" marks the starting point for the Folk Life Museum’s new exhibition. It undertakes a survey of the current social situation and cultural forms of expression, linking these how a Central European region sees and perceives itself, one which also enjoys especial popularity as a tourist destination.

The focus shifts to those people living in Styria, staying here or connected with the region in some way or other. What affects people? What do they identify with, what are they concerned about, how do they shape their lives, environment and society? How do they relate to developments that influence their usual way of life?

‘With its view of the present, the Folk Life Museum focuses on the life circumstances of people in times of key changes in the past and the present. The concern, too, is with cultural transformations occurring in the charged zone between tradition and modernity, between the local and the global. The museum also takes a new path in terms of communication and cultural participation. Its goal thereby is to create new approaches to the subject matter of a folk life museum in today’s world.’ Birigt Johler, Curator

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