Schaudepot Tösstal
Display depot of the Turbenthal Museum Association with about 3,000 objects on the history of the Tösstal and Tössberg region – since 2026 also with the Wila collection.
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About the museum
The Turbenthal Museum Association was founded in 1988 by idealists and has since operated the Turbenthal local museum in the heritage-protected Stiefelhaus on Tösstalstrasse. As early as the 1980s, the founders had been collecting regional objects to save the evidence of a rural, craft-based and self-sufficient way of life that disappeared quickly after the war.
This collection is now on display at the Schaudepot Tösstal at Schulstrasse 2 in Turbenthal. Across 600 square meters, around 3,000 regional history objects from the period between 1770 and today tell of the development of the Tösstal and Tössberg region, from smallholder farming through industrialization to a service economy. There is also a regional history library with about 550 media items, including the books of children's and youth author Olga Meyer, maps of the region and school textbooks from Turbenthal.
The Schaudepot is deliberately regional in focus and is intended to take in collections from surrounding municipalities and institutions in the future. The first was the collection of the Wila local museum, which closed in June 2026; it opened in the Schaudepot on September 13, 2026. On open days there are participatory activities, and thematic tours and workshops are offered for school classes.
Highlights
- About 3,000 regional history objects across 600 square meters
- Wila collection in the house since September 2026
- Regional history library with the books of Olga Meyer
- Participatory activities on open days: making a folk costume doll, embroidery, milking, cobbling
- Thematic tours, including on Anneli and Olga Meyer
Permanent exhibitions
- Sammlung Tösstal und Tössbergland – About 3,000 objects tell of everyday life, work and change in the Tösstal between 1770 and today.
- Sammlung Wila – The collection of the closed Wila local museum has been on display in the Schaudepot since September 13, 2026.
- Operated by
- Museumsverein Turbenthal
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission by voluntary donation.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- 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 Schaudepot is wheelchair-accessible. The rooms are unheated and therefore often cool in spring.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
On open days there are craft activities (making a mini folk costume doll, embroidery, milking, cobbling); workshops for school classes on growing up in the Tösstal 100 years ago.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Bahnhof Turbenthal · 5-min walk
Turbenthal can be reached by public transport from Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gallen (via Wil) and Rapperswil (via Rüti).
By car
Parking available
Parking at Turbenthal railway station.
The Schaudepot is in the town center, a five-minute walk from the railway station.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Tours can be booked (including one on "Anneli und Olga Meyer"). For school classes, workshops with a museum educator run from June to October during school hours, e.g. "Barfuss zur Schule" (90 minutes, lower and middle school levels). |
