Museums: Prehistoric Pile Dwellings

Museums and exhibitions which feature selective UNESCO-findings in their exhibitions

Exhibition in the Municipal House and Castle Greifensee

The castle hosts a large showcase of late Bronze Age Greifensee-Böschen settlement, and dwelling construction remains in the pedestal showcase in the town hall foyer.
Die rekonstruierten Pfahlbauten von Wangen | © Museum Fischerhaus

Fischerhaus Museum

Extensive collection from the Neolithic settlements on the Hinterhorn of Wangen.

Museum at Turmhof

Museum with original presentation from the 1930ies, 2018 the old vitrines were restaurated. Objects from the pile-dwellings in Steckborn and Eschenz.
Rosgartenmuseum

Rosgartenmuseum

The Middle Ages lives in the heart of Constance. The former butchers’ guild house of 1454 contains unique and faithfully preserved halls, rooms and works of art from the...
Kulturmuseum St.Gallen

Culture Museum St.Gallen

The Culture Museum’s interesting exhibitions address art and culture, archaeology, ethnology and contemporary issues. A children’s museum also provides exciting learning...

Foyer Swiss National Bank

During the reconstruction of the Swiss National Bank in 2011, fragments of ceramic vessels, stone and bone implements, a jewelry pendant carved from antlers and animal bones...

Museum at Pfäffikersee

In the 17th century Oberlaender Doppelflarzhaus on the lake quay, this permanent exhibition shows numerous prehistoric finds from Pfäffikon and the surrounding area...

Swiss National Museum

In the "Archeology Switzerland" exhibition there are 1,400 exhibits including many on the topic of UNESCO World Heritage „Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps,“...
Pfahlbauausstellung Sipplingen Funde | © Tourist-Information Sipplingen

Stilt Construction Exhibition Sipplingen

The small permanent exhibition features artifacts from the sites around Sipplingen, a pile dwelling model, and finds from the Regenscheid collection.