Museums and art galleries

The museum (Chasa Jaura Val Müstair)  is a cultural centre for the history, art and culture of the valley and the Rhaeto-Romanesque language.

Situated on a Roman archaeological site, the museum (Musée Romain de Vallon) traces the region’s Roman heritage with mosaics, models of architecture, including a temple, mural paintings, statues and various objects. The region of Vallon and La Broye was marked during Antiquity by the prestige of Aventicum (modern-day Avenches), the capital of Roman Switzerland (from … Read more » “Roman Museum Vallon”

The caves are not just sheltering the sources of the river Orbe and the magnificent underwater lake, stalagmites, stalactites and pillar’s, but also an exhibition of more than 250 minerals. .

The Gandahus in Vals makes the culture and lifestyle of the Walsers, who emigrated from Wallis to Graubünden in the 13th century and settled in Vals from 1300, tangible in various ways. Religion,  agriculture, crafts and customs are presented on the basis of historical objects. The Walser culture can also be found in the Gandahus, … Read more » “Heritage Museum Gandahus”