The special exhibition room on the first floor will be closed from 22 April 2025 until 22 May 2025 due to renovation work. During this time, admission to the museum will be CHF 9.

Exhibitions

Of Material Value

12.05.2023

Textiles are omnipresent. Tens of thousands of people once earned their living in the region that was (Eastern) Switzerland designing, producing and trading textiles. Nowadays, they envelope and surround us from dawn to dusk. Good Fabric – what is that? How has it changed in the past, what shape will it take in future?

9th European Quilt Triennial

23.05.2025 – 14.09.2025

In this show, 45 contemporary quilt and textile artworks from 11 nations demonstrate that creativity, artistic inspiration and time-critical statements are not the sole preserve of painting, sculpture, graphics and photographic art.