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6 .   M U S E U M O F H I S T O R Y SACKSTRASSE 16 The collection contains about 35 , 000 items belonging to all areas of the artistically formed lifestyle from the Middle Ages to the present : evidence of the history of Styria , examples of aristocratic and bourgeois home decor , metal , wood , ivory , ceramics , glass and textile products and a collection of items from wrought iron , a collection of costumes and a collection of musical instruments . The mission of the " Cultural - Historical Collection " is to document " the cultural epochs of the province from the early Middle Ages to the present day ." This collection was opened in 1895 as the " Museum of Culture and Arts and Crafts " in Graz Neutrogasse . The collection was placed in the Gerberstein Palace in Sakstrasse from 2011 . This was initiated by the sculptor Carl Lačcher ( 1850 - 1908 ), who was fascinated by the movement associated with the first World Exhibition ( held in London in 1851 ), which rebelled against the power of industrialization and the accompanying symptoms of a decline in skill . The identity of the collection was developed during the last several decades mainly in the direction of arts and crafts and design : the appointment of Bettina Habsburg - Lothringen as the head of the collection in 2014 marked the beginning of the conversion in the form of I return to the original mission .