The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The Castle, standing on a promontory above Lake Lucerne, knows a long history. Its current outlook dates from the years 1868-1870, with the Loire castle Chambord as inspiration. The chapel was built in 1886, almost a copy of the chapel of another Loire castle, the Amboise castle.
The museum (Ortsmuseum Meilen) shows the local and regional history The prehistorical pile dwelling villages, the Roman time and the Middle Age are the main periods covered.
The Museum was opened on 4th May 1991, on the 100th anniversary of Sherlock Holmes’s death, under the auspices and in the presence of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London in the English church in Meiringen. The Museum shows authentic pieces of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Victorian era and a faithful … Read more » “Sherlock Holmes Museum”
The museum has a rich collection of cultural heritage from the valleys of the Oberhaslis