Haus zum Dolder

About the museum

The Haus zum Dolder was built between 1764 and 1769, when Beromünster was rebuilt after the great fire of March 1764 with wider, fire-resistant houses. Ammann (local magistrate) Johann Kopp had it built; for about a hundred years a tavern operated there, and the large wine casks were stored in the vaulted cellar. In 1866, the innkeeper of the Ochsen inn, Jost Dolder-Galliker, acquired the house, and his son Josef opened a medical practice there a year later.

Three generations of country doctors worked in the house, the last being Dr. Edmund Müller jun., from 1930 until his death in 1976. The family had built up an extensive collection. To ensure that it would remain in Beromünster, the childless Müller founded a foundation seven years before his death, and in 1970 he received the Kulturpreis der Innerschweiz (Culture Prize of Central Switzerland).

Visitors walk through the largely original living and practice rooms over four floors and gain insight into the life and work of a country doctor and art collector. The collection includes furniture with marquetry, reverse glass paintings, faience, Flühli glass, porcelain, sculptures, objects from around the world, and a library of about 7,000 volumes on medical and local history. Each year, special exhibitions in the Dolder cellar present one part of the collection.

Highlights

• Original living and practice rooms of a country doctor
• Marquetry furniture, including the Kopp tall chest of drawers from 1777
• Reverse glass paintings, Beromünster faience and Flühli glass
• Non-European objects such as a Yombe nail fetish
• Library of about 7,000 volumes on medical and local history

Permanent exhibition

• Wohnmuseum Haus zum Dolder – Tour through the original living and practice rooms across four floors, with furniture, reverse glass paintings, faience, sculptures and everyday objects of the country doctor's family.

Operated by

Stiftung Sammlung Dr. Edmund Müller

Director

Manuel Menrath

Admission & discounts

Admission is tied to the tour: CHF 15 per person (public or group tour).

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The four-story residential museum provides no information on accessibility.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The ochre-yellow house is in the middle of the village on the Hauptgasse, between the collegiate church and the parish church.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events

Up to 80 guests.

The Dolder cellar (47 m²) can be rented for conferences of up to about 20 people, lectures and concerts (50 seats), and exhibitions and receptions for up to about 80 people; room rental from CHF 100.

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