I was very pleasantly surprised by selection in this museum, with a few very unique pieces I have not seen anywhere else. They're a little tucked away, but at the back on the top floor there's a stunning selection of astonishingly well preserved Neolithic fabrics, rope and tools, which I have never seen in such close proximity before, if at all. There is an enormous range of items, otherwise. Some is the standard for small museum but there are some very interesting unique pieces such as heraldic shields and a extravagant sled. The museum provides a tablet, that can be used to scan items and recieve information on them - in English and hopefully a lot of other languages too! Overall, I was very impressed and would say it is definitely worth the...
Read moreA very bizarre museum experience indeed. I didn’t take any photos but basically it’s just lots of vintage things (from wheelchairs to armor to clothes to arm bands to swords to stones to fish hooks) placed haphazardly in grilled up cabinets that stack on top of each other. There’s an iPad that u can scan each barcode to get some description but the descriptions are really not informative at all.
I went wanting to learn about history (since it’s called history museum) and literally Learnt nothing except that there was a war depicted in a painting in 1800s 😓😓 honestly, just go to...
Read morePopped in here for a bit of a look see (got a discount using the Lucerne visitor card), and was pleasantly surprised by the eclectic historical range of items here, from everyday (irons? Food blenders?) to the clothing series going back in time - whalebone corsets - to toys and amusements, war items (all ages), and back into antiquity with old coins and jewellery pieces. I could’ve spent ages here, but a bit time limited. Great system with the tablet style scanner, where I scanned a barcode next to an item, and the information came up in English for me....
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