Museum im Lindengut
Local history museum of the city of Winterthur in a neoclassical villa of 1787 with 18th- and 19th-century domestic culture and a park.
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About the museum
The villa, laundry and greenhouse, and coach house were built in 1787 as a country estate outside the Winterthur town walls, constructed by Johann Sebastian Clais; the property was initially called "Claisengut". The name Lindengut was added when a descendant acquired the neighbouring Baroque "Lindengüetli". In the 19th century ownership changed several times, until from 1884 Eduard Sulzer-Ziegler had the villa converted in the Neo-Renaissance style and the garden redesigned by the garden architect Evariste Mertens.
In 1946 the city of Winterthur bought the Lindengut from the heirs; after an exterior renovation in the early 1950s it made the property available to the Historischer Verein, which has existed since 1874. The society opened the Museum Lindengut there in 1956 as a local history museum.
The house is furnished with wall paintings, painted wood panelling and six tiled stoves, and shows the domestic culture of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Permanently exhibited items include a painted city model of Winterthur from 1808 and the astronomical dial of the former Zeitglockenturm with an astrolabe mechanism of 1529. Changing exhibitions deal with topics from the city's history. The villa stands in an English landscape park; the former coach house holds a toy collection.
Highlights
- Neoclassical villa of 1787 with wall paintings, painted wood panelling and tiled stoves
- Painted city model of Winterthur (1808)
- Astronomical dial of the Zeitglockenturm of 1529
- English landscape park ("Vögelipark")
Permanent exhibitions
- Wohnkultur in der Villa Lindengut – The rooms of the villa of 1787, with wall paintings, painted wood panelling and tiled stoves, show how people lived in Winterthur in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- Stadtmodell 1808 und Zifferblatt des Zeitglockenturms – A painted model of the city of Winterthur as it was in 1808 and the astronomical dial of the former Zeitglockenturm with the oldest surviving astrolabe mechanism.
- Founded
- 1956
- Operated by
- Historischer Verein Winterthur
Admission & discounts
| Adults | CHF 5 |
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| Reduced | CHF 3 |
| Groups | –Workshops and guided tours for groups on request. |
Admission is free for members of the Historischer Verein Winterthur on presentation of their membership card.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Obertor
On foot from Winterthur railway station in a good quarter of an hour through the old town, or by bus 1 from Bahnhofplatz to the stop Obertor.
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
No dedicated parking mentioned; car parks on Technikumstrasse and Museumstrasse are each about 5 minutes away on foot.
The museum is located at Römerstrasse 8 at the eastern exit of the old town near the Obertor.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Workshops and guided tours for groups on request. The website offers a 360-degree tour and an online game about the villa's last resident. The toy department in the former coach house was most recently inaccessible due to renovation work. |
