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86 Fig.: The Kunsthaus Graz, evening view from the Schlossberg. (Photo: UMJ, N. Lackner). A new initiative was taken by the Styrian parliament with its resolution of 28 September 1999, which called on the state government to ‘...develop an or- ganisational model for the State Museum Joanneum in order to allow its man- agement level greater autonomy, greater flexibility in budget management and multi-year planning for the fulfilment of tasks...’ A resolution was passed by the state government on 11 October 1999, and in October 2000, on behalf of the state government, a steering team together with the board of trustees and the staff representatives drew up a jointly supported concept for the fu- ture legal and organisational form of the Joanneum. It recommended the es- tablishment of a public-law institution on the basis of a statutory regulation. Shortly afterwards, however, there was a change in the responsible minister for culture, who arranged for a new review of the legal form of the Joanneum. Finally the establishment of a non-profit limited liability company was given preference. In this spirit, the state government of Styria passed a unanimous resolution at its meeting on 2 July 2001 to transfer the administration of the State Museum Joanneum from the state government to a non-profit limited liability company.