Museums and art galleries

The House (Haus der elektronischen Künste) presents art forms that deal with media and new technologies.  

The Schaulager was founded in 2003 with the aim of combining storage and presentation of contemporary art, as a research institute, storage and location for exhibitions and as a platform for dialogue and exchange. Schaulager also initiates exhibitions and projects to make contemporary art accessible to the general public.  

The centre shows how a hydropower plant works and discusses sustainable energy and its production.    

With two permanent exhibitions, the museum commemorates the former castle dwellers, the von Steiger family from Bern, and the legacy of the puppeteer Therese Keller. In addition, attention is paid to historical themes.

The Benedictine monastery of Muri is one of the most significant cultural monuments in the Canton of Aargau. It was founded in 1027 by Count Radbot of Habsburg. The Romanesque crypt, the Gothic raised choir and the central octagon in Baroque style bear witness to the continuation of architectural alteration, renewal and addition throughout the … Read more » “Muri Monastery Museum”

As one of the first artists ever, Caspar Wolf (1735-1783) painted the world of the Alps exactly as he saw it 250 years ago. The Caspar Wolf Museum has over 40 paintings and coloured works on paper as well as around 130 original prints, most of them hand-coloured, with the series of engravings of his … Read more » “Caspar Wolf Museum”

The exhibition in the Muri Monastery Museum takes a look behind the monastery walls and tells numerous stories from the lives of abbots and monks and from the powerful Habsburg dynasty that once ruled all of Europe.

The museum gives an impression of the rural life of bygone times and cultivates a themed theme garden.

The Foundation presents sculptures and photographs by Oscar Wiggli (1927-2016).  

The monastery Saint-John (Sankt Johann) reveals its history and culture of around 1200 years. Archaeological findings and present and well preserved architecture show Carolingian sculptures, Romanesque tapestries and window paintings.