Museums and art galleries

The museum’s local history collection is dedicated to agriculture, housing and crafts.    

The museum (Touristik-Museum der Jungfrau-Region) tells the story of travel, lodging and alpinismus.

In the museum, an old farm, the state of living and culture of the nineteenth century is imitated.

The museum (Brauchtumsmuseum) conveys the rural culture with its handicrafts, its arts and the still living customs.    

The castle (Schloss Landshut) shows the former living quarters, furnished rooms from the 17th century. The Swiss Museum of Wildlife and Hunting is accommodated in the former grain houses, including a collection of historic hunting weapons and musical instruments used in hunting.

The museum is located in the 15th century house, where Jean –Jacques Rousseau and Thérèse Levasseur lived in exile for 3 years. The exposition presents the life and literature of the writer into historical and political perspective.

The museum (Musée des Mascarons ) is housed in the Maison des Mascarons, a patrician residence dating from the middle of the 18th century. It owes its name to the sculpted masks that adorn the arches of the windows. The museum presents the history, culture and crafts of the Val-de-Travers.  

The distillery and museum tell the French-Swiss history of absinthe in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Schloss Valangin is a medieval castle museum and presents the hall of knights and an interior from the early modern period, kitchen the “Guillemette de Vergy” hall, the former dungeon and the furnishings with paintings, weapons, tools, crockery and other implements of daily use.

The museum (Chasa Jaura Val Müstair)  is a cultural centre for the history, art and culture of the valley and the Rhaeto-Romanesque language.