"The cradle of the confederation" Chamber of the Swiss national Council by Charles Giron (1859-1914), 1901.
Photograph: www.parlament.ch.

Swiss Culture and History in European perspective

Museums and art galleries

The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.

Select a country:

The Yellow House Flims

Switzerland / Flims

The Yellow House (das Gelbe Haus) is a museum, exhibition space and conference venue for Alpine and international architecture, design, mediums and folk arts.  

Mask Museum

Switzerland / Flums

150 historical and contemporary wooden masks can be seen in the museum and present the culture of the region.  

Archaeological Museum Frauenfeld

Switzerland / Frauenfeld

The collection exhibits archaeological finds mainly from the Neolithicum, Bronze Age and the Roman Times. The methodology and practice of archaeology are also being dealt with. One of the top pieces is the Golden bowl (Goldbecher) of Eschenz (a. 2400 BC).

Historical Museum Thurgau

Switzerland / Frauenfeld

The museum in the castle (historisches Museum Thurgau) focuses on the fifteenth century after 1415 and the coming into being of the cantons.