Lange Nacht der Museen 2026

Deckenfresko und Text: „ORF Lange Nacht der Museen“. Barockes Gemälde mit Engel und Ornamenten.

Shows

Step inside as Graz’s most beautiful Innenansicht des Palais Attems in Graz, mit Blick auf die prächtigen Prunkräume und Stuckdecken von Styriarte. Palais Attems opens its doors for this night only, bathed in candlelight and the shimmering sounds of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

ORF - Lange Nacht der Museen

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at Palais Attems

On this tour of Palais Attems, discover Graz’s most magnificent palace as you can see it on this night alone. Bathed in candlelight and filled with the sounds of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, performed by the Palais Attems Hofkapelle, the magnificent state rooms reveal fascinating stories from a bygone age.

Young explorers can embark on a thrilling puzzle adventure created especially for children, discovering how people in the Baroque era experienced the four seasons.

Tickets

Tickets are available directly from the Styriarte Box Office at Palais Attems. We will also be open on October 3 from 6 pm to midnight.

Your “Lange Nacht” ticket is valid on October 3, 2026 from 6 pm to midnight as admission to all participating museums taking part in the Langen Nacht der Museen and also as a ticket for the “Lange Nacht” shuttle buses in Graz.

Prices

Regular: EUR 19
Reduced: EUR 16 (for Ö1 Club members, pupils, students, senior citizens, people with disabilities and those completing their compulsory military or civilian service)

Free admission for children up to 12 years of age (born after October 2, 2014)

Please note: Palais Attems is not accessible to visitors with limited mobility.

Further information can be found here.

Schedule

Each tour lasts approximately 25 minutes and takes you through all floors of Palais Attems (there is no elevator!). Tours start every 30 minutes.

Ensemble

Palais Attems Hofkapelle

The small instrumental ensemble was created especially for productions of the Styriarte at Palais Attems in Graz. In the manner of the court bands of stately houses, the ensemble, which is assembled from the ranks of the Orchestra Recreation, plays courtly chamber music of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Piano

Thaïs-Bernarda Bauer

The Graz-based pianist's bold, unconventional approach to her music defies all boundaries between classical music, jazz and pop. Thaïs-Bernarda Bauer's creative curiosity has taken her to the legendary New York jazz club Birdland. Here in Germany, she makes the Eurythmics sound like baroque in the duo DESUSTU with accordionist Alexander Christof.

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Actor

Tobias Kerschbau­mer

A native of Graz, he is in high demand throughout the Styrian theater scene as a distinguished actor. After studying acting in his hometown, the freelance actor went on to perform at venues including the Schauspielhaus Graz, the Graz Opera, Next Liberty, and the Theater im Keller, as well as landing a TV role in the feature film “Kommissar Thaler.”

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Four Seasons at Palais Attems is part of: