Anna Göldi Museum

Om museet

The museum commemorates Anna Göldi, a domestic servant who was executed by the sword in Glarus in 1782 as a "witch". The trial is regarded as particularly well documented because extensive court records have survived. The initiator and sponsor of the museum is the Anna Göldi Foundation, established in 2007, which was brought to life by the lawyer Walter Hauser and aims to commemorate and research the case and to campaign for human and fundamental rights.

Since its opening in 2017, the museum has been housed in the so-called Hänggiturm in the Ennenda district. This 19th-century industrial building served as a drying tower for dyed and printed textiles and, despite its name, is a large, almost sacred-looking hall. In the permanent exhibition, themed islands lead from Anna Göldi's life story through witch-hunt mania, networks of power and the Enlightenment to journalism, culture of remembrance and rehabilitation.

The building also has an auditorium in the attic, a screen-printing workshop with samples from Glarus textile history, and an educational programme for school classes on belief in witches, justice and human rights.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition on the trial of Anna Göldi with court records
• Themed islands from witch-hunt mania to rehabilitation
• Historic Hänggiturm, a former drying tower for printed fabrics
• Screen-printing workshop with historic Glarus fabric patterns
• Human rights education for school classes

Permanent udstilling

• Dauerausstellung zum Prozess gegen Anna Göldi – The focus is on the well-documented trial and the court records; themed islands deal with witch-hunt mania, networks of power, the Enlightenment, journalism, culture of remembrance and rehabilitation.

Grundlagt

2017

Ejer

Anna Göldi Stiftung

Ledelse

Ursula Helg

Entrépriser & rabatter

Admission includes the permanent and the temporary exhibition. Free admission with the Swiss Museum Pass, Raiffeisen member card and KulturLegi; discount with the GlarnerlandPass and Glarner Set (GLKB).

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Designed to be barrier-free, museum accessible by lift; part of the OK:GO initiative. The building is heated only in exceptional cases. Animals are not allowed, except assistance dogs.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

Monthly screen-printing workshop for young and old (from about age 6); for school classes from kindergarten onwards, workshops on children's rights, peace and lantern making.

Transport & parkering

By car through Glarus, turn left at the southern town exit towards Ennenda, cross the Linth bridge and after about 20 m turn left (museum signpost).

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Small cafeteria with hot and cold drinks; books can also be browsed and purchased there.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 50 personer.

Auditorium in the attic of the Hänggiturm (up to 50 people, special acoustics) for conferences, panel discussions, film screenings, apéros and private concerts; also a meeting room on the 1st floor.

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