Museums and art galleries

The museum (Ortsmuseum Meilen) shows the local and regional history The prehistorical pile dwelling villages, the Roman time and the Middle Age are the main periods covered.  

The Museum was opened on 4th May 1991, on the 100th anniversary of Sherlock Holmes’s death, under the auspices and in the presence of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London in the English church in Meiringen. The Museum shows authentic pieces of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Victorian era and a faithful … Read more » “Sherlock Holmes Museum”

The museum has a rich collection of cultural heritage from the valleys of the Oberhaslis

The museum shows the fauna of the region.  

Swiss Miniature  is an open-air miniature park with more than 120 models at scale of 1:25 which represent the most important buildings, monuments and transportation means in Switzerland. A 3,560m long model railway with 18 trains runs through the park. Boats are also in motion on the lakes, cable cars and funiculars go up and down … Read more » “Swiss Miniatur”

The Museum (museo d’arte) is housed in a monastery from the thirteenth century. The collection shows paintings from Tessin (18th -20th centuries), modern and contemporary art from Lombardy and German, Flemish and Italian masters from the early modern period (16th -17th centuries).  

The Theatre of the Architecture  (Teatro dell’architettura) is located on the university campus of the Academy of Architecture (L’Accademia di architecttura). in Mendrisio.. The Theatre is an initiative of  the University of the canton Ticino and the Foundation of the Theatre of the Architecture (l’Università della Svizzera italiana  and la Fondazione Teatro dell’architettura). Alongside the … Read more » “Theatre of the Architecture Mendrisio”

The museum gives an insight into the more than 500 years old history of tobacco.      

The museum shows the life and work of the artist Aldo Crivelli (1907-1981).  

The museum is dedicated to the sculptor Fiorenze Abbondio (1892-1980).