"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:

Village Museum Ettingen

Switzerland / Ettingen

The museum deals with the history, viticulture, professions and customs of the village.  

Waldegg Castle

Switzerland / Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus

Waldegg castle was built between 1682 and 1686. The castles’ museum presents the history of Solothurn and the relation with France. The castle also shows the interior from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

The farmer’s museum Althuus

Switzerland / Ferenbalm

The farmer’s museum “Althuus”. Most of the living and working areas are furnished in the way the peasant family used them at the time. Embedded in today’s village life, the museum provides a close-up view of the 300-year history and development of the region.

Baggermuseum

Switzerland / Fisibach

Numerous historical machines and vehicles from over 100 years of construction machine history are shown in the excavator museum.