This quaint museum gives visitors a glimpse of traditional rural life in the Appenzell region, including the handcrafts and customs still very much alive in this area. Pride of place is given to the «Silvsterchläus» (New Year's mummers). Visitors can also try their hand at «Talerschwingen» (making music with a coin in a bowl), ringing cowbells, acting as mummers or playing the «Hackbrett». The museum is located in a double house in the center of Urnäsch.
The old house is shown traditional daily life in detail: transhumance, life on the alps, naïve painting, music traditional. Exhibits also include such ancient traditional handcrafts as bell-making, leatherworking and carving wooden utensils.
The new house is used for temporary exhibitions. At the moment the naïve painter «Hans Zeller»(1897 – 1983) special portraits and landscapes is shown.

More Information:
www.museum-urnaesch.ch

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