The new exhibition “Unruly Land” tells the political history away from the big city and commemorates the February battles in Steyr in 1934, which are celebrating their 90th anniversary this year. The show opens at the MAW on February 9th. “Unruly country. Strike, protest and stubbornness” originally comes from the House of History in the Lower Austria Museum.
The exhibition has been expanded for Steyr: 90 years after February 12, 1934, the events are shed new light under the title “Uprising against Dictatorship”.
Apart from Steyr, rural areas and their political power are being examined: “With this exhibition we are counteracting a historiography that views rural areas as politically passive,” says Christian Rapp, scientific director of the House of History in the Lower Austria Museum.
Protest camps in Hainburg
The exhibition shows that many social achievements have their origins in rural protests. Rural areas have had a massive impact on political development in Austria. Sometimes loud and violent, like the uprising of the tobacco workers in Stein in 1886 or the protest camps in Hainburg in 1984, but often also quiet and individual.
With a look at current topics and methods of rural protest, the presentation spans the present. The exhibition reflects the broad political spectrum of Austrian society and its struggles for fair working conditions, fair pay and environmental protection.
“The exhibition from the House of History in the Lower Austria Museum impressively shows that political protest for social improvements did not only take place in cities. For this reason, too, we wanted to show it in our Working World Museum,” describes Stephan Rosinger, artistic director of the museum Working world, the motivation behind working with colleagues in St. Pölten.
The design of the entire exhibition shows modern ways of communicating: According to Rosinger, the illustrations by Lenz Mosbacher have succeeded in restaging the stories. Mobile devices and free-hanging text and image panels guide visitors through 14 chapters, with the aim being to appeal primarily to young audiences.
The opening will take place on Friday, February 9th. The evening will be accompanied musically by songwriter Paul Plut. Please register at the museum: Telephone: 07252/77 35 10
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