History and Ethnology Museum
Historisches und Völkerkunde Museum, Museumstrasse 50, St.Gallen 9000
Phone: +41 (0)71 242 06 42 - Fax: +41 (0)71 242 06 44
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The collection of the History and Ethnology Museum, previously housed in what is now the Kunstmuseum (see separate entry), opened in its own new building, designed by the architects Bridler, Völki, and Carl Adolf Lang, in 1921. It is regarded as the most important museum of its type in northeast Switzerland, combining early regional, city and cultural history with a worldwide ethnological collection. The exhibitions change regularly. Amongst the highlights is a model of St Gallen in late medieval times, a puppet theatre, local costumes, weapons and uniforms and ethnic exhibits from ancient Egypt, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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