Museums and art galleries

The museum shows the history, rise an decline of the textile industry of the city.  

The museum (Heimatmuseum) shows the (cultural) history of the city and the region. The museum shows the (cultural) history of the city and its surroundings. With the introduction of a decentralised museum concept, the museum can use two floors primarily for special exhibitions, while three historical themes have been relocated to their original context: agricultural … Read more » “Municipal Museum am Lindenplatz”

The museum presents archaeology in all its aspects, methodology and regional setting, including underwater archaeology in the Boden Lake (Bodensee) and a shipwreck from the fifteenth century. The collection covers this history from the stone-Age, Celts, Roman and Alamannic life and the Middle Ages.            

The gallery (Galerie) mainly shows art from the Swiss region and south-west Germany, primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries. Drawings and paintings from other regions are exhibited as well, such as collection of 450 drawings, among others by Albrecht Dùrer, and paintings by Jan Steen and Gerard van Honthorst. Located in the Cultural Centre … Read more » “Wessenberg Gallery”