Museums and art galleries

The museum (Museum für Uhren und mechanische Musik) exhibits clocks and mechanical musical instruments from different styles and eras.

The museum presents the cultural history of Oberkirch.    

The museum focuses on culture, history and life in the Walser mountain village of Mutten.  

The museum illustrates the rural life and work of the region in the 19th and 20th centuries.  

The coach museum (Kutschenmuseum) displays carriages and all related objects. The collection dates from the turn of the century 1870-1910.      

The castle is open to the public and organises cultural events.  

The museum shows the life and works of the painter Helen Dahm (1878-1968).    

The local museum of Oftringen shows how the rural population worked, lived and lived in the past and presents historical backgrounds about the village and its inhabitants.  

The museum’s collection (Schweizer Finanz Museum) of historical securities paved the way for the first international securities museum. The collection comprises over 7,000 exhibits from over 130 countries. The museum allows the public a vivid and exciting look at old bonds and shares. Throughout the year, changing thematic exhibitions highlight different aspects of the world … Read more » “Museum of Historical Shares and Bonds”

The museum (Kunstmuseum) mainly an art collection of works by local artists. It all started with the caracturist  Martin Disteli (1802 – 1844) and gradually expanded with many painters, such as Joachim Senn, Johann Christian Flury, Adrian Kümmerly, Bernhard Studer, Otto Frölicher, Arnold Munzinger, Albert Anker and Frank Buchser.