Museum im Lavanthaus

The museum in the Lavanthaus, located near the old town of Wolfsberg, showcases the Lavant Valley in its diversity: 15 themes - from fossils and minerals to local history, folklore, and literature - invite surprising discoveries.

Here you will find teeth from sharks and dog bears as well as Roman arrowheads, film awards from Maximilian Schell, or the typewriter of the Austrian writer Christine Lavant. Multimedia stations additionally convey information.

For our CHILDREN:
Explore the museum with a quiz
"Mountain Tunnel for Children" - a wooden structure designed to resemble a mine tunnel on the inside, inviting a treasure hunt. Equipped with helmets and lamps, children can make various finds "in the tunnel," gather them, and assemble them into a puzzle. In this way, content about the topic of mining is experienced playfully.

Permanent exhibition:
Do you know the treasures and secrets of the Lavant Valley? Why was Wolfsberg in the possession of the Bishop of Bamberg for 752 years? How big is the largest rock crystal ever found in the Lavant Valley? The museum in the Lavanthaus, located near the old town of Wolfsberg, sees itself as a museum of the region and offers its guests the opportunity to find answers and gain insights into around 15 subject areas. Multimedia and interactive stations convey additional information in a playful manner, such as the Lavant dialect quiz, the knowledge repository "Lavant - Explorer," the digital flower book, or the cozy cinema with numerous short films.

Special exhibition:
The Romans in the Lavant Valley – a fascinating journey into antiquity
 
Few epochs excite people today as much as the time of the Romans. They left numerous traces in the Lavant Valley, telling of their everyday life, faith, and economic practices. The new exhibition "The Romans in the Lavant Valley" invites visitors to discover this exciting past.
 
Based on significant archaeological finds, the exhibition highlights four central themes: Housing and daily life, cult and religion, burial culture, as well as mining and raw material extraction. Visitors gain insights into life on Roman estates, learn about the world of gods of that time, and discover more about the burial customs of antiquity.
 
A special focus is placed on the famous marble quarry Spitzelofen near St. Georgen. The tools and excavation traces discovered there are among the most significant testimonies of Roman quarry work in the entire former Roman Empire and provide fascinating insights into the working world nearly 2,000 years ago.
 
The exhibition is complemented by digital presentations, historical texts by ancient authors, and illustrative display panels that bring the Roman past of the Lavant Valley to life.

More information:
www.museum-lavanthaus.at

Public access:
The museum in the Lavanthaus is accessible on foot from the Wolfsberg train station in just a few minutes. With the postbus shuttle LAVmobil, you can be taken directly to the museum.

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