Museums and art galleries

The exhibitions presented in the two museums (Castle and Schlangehaus in the city) portray the history of the ruling classes at the castle and the common folk of the town. Werdenberg is one of the few surviving medieval timber house villages in Europe. The museum in the castle features stories of the castle, the rise … Read more » “The Museums of Werdenberg”

The Museum Eduard is dedicated to the life and work of the sculptor Eduard Spörri (1901-1995).  

The collection includes the Neolithic period, stilt houses. Roman times, Middle Ages and especially the last two centuries, textiles and school books, but also objects by personalities such as Jacob Messikommer, Hans Georg Nägeli and Jacob Stutz.

The museum (Museum im Kornhaus) in the Wiedlisbach grain house gives an impression of the city’s past and has a large collection of the oldest Swiss Fayence ceramics from Langenthal and Matzendorf.  

The hall (Kunsthalle) is a forum of contemporary art.

The museum is above all the museum of the history of the city Wil.

The museum (Museum Aargau) is housed at different locations and in different buildings. The museum encompasses four castles (Wildegg, Habsburg, Hallwyl and Lenzburg), the Vindonissa museum and the reconstruction of the Roman army camp in Windisch, the (former) monastery in Köningsfelden, the virtual museum industriekulTour and the central collection hall in Egliswil. The Wildegg Castle … Read more » “Aargau Museum”

The museum is dedicated to Swiss military material from the time of the Second World War until the year 2000.  

In memory of the reformer Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) his birthplace was transformed into a memorial.

The Legionary Trail is a Museum Aargau institution. It shows the way how the about 6 000 legionaries at Vindonissa once prepared for battle. The excavation sites provide the setting, including  the ruins of the Roman thermal baths and the only fully functional Roman water system north of the Alps.