Museums and art galleries

The museum (Steinmuseum) is dedicated to (Roman,  medieval and early modern) inscriptions on stone and the use of stone in city building since Roman times.

The House (Espace culturel Moulin Grillon Association) is a member of URSINIA, a cultural association whose aim is to promote the cultural development of St. Ursanne and Clos du Doubs in the broadest sense of the word  (www.ursinia.ch). Every last Sunday afternoon there is an opportunity to see the work of artists.  

The Abbey of the former Benedictine monastery of St. Gall, founded in 612 by the Irish monk Gallus, is famous today. The library possesses about 170.000 books. At the heart the collection are 2 100 medieval manuscripts, of which 400 date before the year 1000. They form the very basis of Western cultural and intellectual … Read more » “The Abbey library St. Gallen”

The Kesselhaus exhibits a regularly changing selection of plaster models and bronze casts by Hans Josephsohn (1920-2012) It serves as a museum-like exhibition hall and at the same time as a gallery, workspace and storage. It shows works from all periods of his artistic developments.

The Kunst Halle has been committed to contemporary art since 1985. The Kunst Halle has made a name for itself as a  platform for young art. It provides new stimuli as a place for experiments and the production of contemporary art and contributes to the international networking.  

The Foundation for Swiss Naive Art and Art Brut (Stiftung für schweizerische Naive Kunst und Art Brut)  was founded on 1 February 1988. Foundation and museum dedicate themselves to increasing awareness and understanding of the different aspects of this Art.  

The museum (Historisches und Völkerkundemuseum) deals with the prehistoric and early history, the history of St-Gall, period rooms from the 16th to the 19th century, glass paintings, furniture,  Swiss folk art, porcelain, costumes and many other objects. The Ethnological section shows  objects from other continents.

The museum (Kunstmuseum) exhibits paintings, sculptures and other works of art from late Middle Ages, to Renaissance and Baroque, including a fine collection of Dutch Masters from the Golden Age. The collection further contains painting in the nineteenth century, the so-called Appenzeller Bauernmalerei, Hodler and Fin-de-Siècle, classical modernism and contemporary compositions.  

The Garden shows about 8,000 plants from all over the world.  

The museum (MoE) initiates projects and exhibitions.