The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The Museum has three departments in three buildings, each with a different focus. The art history and the art from the canton are the main focus of the Winkelriedhaus and its pavilion. Contemporary art by artists from the region and history is exhibited in the Salzmagazin and Fortress Fürigen.
The foundation (Frey-Naepflin Stiftung) organizes the permanent exhibition of a collection of paintings collected by the couple Frey-Naepflin. The focus is primarely on Dutch, Italian, French and German painters from the 16th to the 19th centuries with works by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthonis van Dyck, Filippino Lippi, Quentin Metsys und Hans Schäuffelein.
The museum shows the culture and history of the Untersee region.
Every year in summer/autumn two exhibitions with works from the collection of Hans and Marlis Suters are on display.
The focus in this museum is on the folk art, folk culture and the crafts of weaving and embroidery of the alpine farming communities of the Appenzellerland.
The former Benedictine Abbey of St. George is one of the best-preserved monasteries in Switzerland. It was founded in the 11th century and underwent significant structural changes in the 15th and 16th century. Despite further alterations especially in 19th century, the monastery’s appearance is still characterised by the extensions added between 1385 and 1516. The … Read more » “Abbey St. George”
The collection (Ratthaussammlung) in the townhall is exhibited in the Gothic hall and consists of heraldic, gold- and silversmithery, flags and paintings.
The museum shows the living and household of a nineteenth century middle class family. The visit starts at the front of the house and continues through four floors – ranging from the rocky cellar, continuing through the kitchen, the Biedermeier salon and finally the attic, where a canopied bed and sledges bear witness to the … Read more » “Lindwurm Museum”
In the oldest, still original preserved house (1302) of the city the museum (Krippenwelt) shows over 600 cribs from all over the world.
The museum (Appenzeller Volkskunde-Museum) is dedicated to the agriculture and way of life in this part of the country.