Museum für Alltagskultur

About the museum

The museum is housed in a historic house under the arcades in the centre of Egna and is run by a volunteer association. Since 1995 it has presented popular culture and everyday life over recent centuries.

The collection is due mainly to the commitment of Anna Grandi Müller (1925–2022), who began collecting objects in the 1960s. The museum association continues to expand the holdings, which now comprise more than 3,000 pieces, including furniture, household utensils, toys and documents.

The display unfolds over four floors and recreates the rooms of a middle-class house of the 19th and 20th centuries, as if it were still lived in. Visitors encounter a grocer's shop at the entrance, the world of children and the reception room on the first floor, the bathroom, the smoke-blackened kitchen and the kitchen-living room on the second floor, and, in the attic, the room for sewing and ironing and the bedroom.

Highlights

• House under the arcades with rooms furnished as if still lived in
• Over 3,000 objects of everyday life between the 19th and 20th centuries
• Grocer's shop at the entrance
• Smoke-blackened kitchen and kitchen-living room
• Children's world with toys, including a rocking horse

Founded

1995

Operated by

Associazione museale (Museumsverein) Egna

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission, with a voluntary donation.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

The museum presents itself as suitable for families and has a children's play room with a rocking horse; the website also has a section called “Young & Museum”.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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