Ortsmuseum Andwil
Village museum in the former Bürgerheim (community home) with a working mill model, peat cutting, agriculture, cheese-making and a shoemaker’s workshop.
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About the museum
The Ortsmuseum of the municipality of Andwil has existed since 1991 and is housed in the former Bürgerheim. The idea of a village museum was taken up in 1986: at that time the citizens’ assembly approved a credit of CHF 380,000 for the municipal council to fit out a further apartment in the former Bürgerheim and provide rooms for the museum. After extensive preparatory and set-up work, it was inaugurated in 1991. It is run by the Ortsmuseumskommission (village museum commission).
The house offers four floors for the exhibition. In the basement stands a functioning 1:5 scale mill model by Leonhard Lehmann, with a grain mill, sawmill and bone crusher. On the first upper floor the museum shows peat cutting and agriculture in Andwil; in the attic it shows domestic culture from earlier times, two old Karzer (small lock-up cells), tools, historic cheese-making equipment and a shoemaker’s workshop. The ground floor is reserved for exhibitions that change every year.
Highlights
- Functioning 1:5 mill model with grain mill, sawmill and bone crusher
- Andwil peat cutting and agriculture
- Historic cheese-making equipment and old shoemaker’s workshop
- Two old Karzer and domestic culture of earlier times
- Free admission
Permanent exhibitions
- Mühlenmodell – In the basement stands a functioning model of a mill at a scale of 1:5, with a grain mill, sawmill and bone crusher.
- Torfstechen und Landwirtschaft – The first upper floor shows how peat was cut and agriculture was practised in Andwil.
- Wohnkultur, Handwerk und Käserei – In the attic there are domestic culture of earlier times, two old Karzer, tools, historic cheese-making equipment and a shoemaker’s workshop.
- Founded
- 1991
- Operated by
- Gemeinde Andwil (Ortsmuseumskommission)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission; donations are gratefully accepted.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Groups register with the municipality for a visit outside opening hours. The mill model is demonstrated every 3rd Sunday of the month. |
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