Museums

Abbey Library of St.Gallen

The Abbey Library is one of the oldest and most beautiful libraries in the world. The St.Gallen monastery was in possession of an important collection of books as early as the 8th century.

• St Gallen

St.Gallen Textile Museum

What would a textile city like St.Gallen be without a textile museum?

• St. Gallen

Theater St.Gallen

The Theater St.Gallen is a performing arts centre for opera, musicals and plays. It presents more than 20 new productions each season and attracts visitors from all over Lake Constance.

• St. Gallen

Forum Würth Rorschach

Experience art on the lake

• Rorschach

open art museum

Center for Outsider Art

• St. Gallen

Cultural Museum St.Gallen

The name combines the three core disciplines of the museum: archaeology, history and ethnology.

• St. Gallen

Sitterwerk

The Sitterwerk on the premises of a former textile dye works is a vibrant place for art and artistic production.

• St. Gallen

Natural History Museum St.Gallen

On an area of 2,000 m², the Nature Museum St.Gallen offers young and old discoveries in the local animal and mineral world. The open exhibition presentation with walk-through room pictures invites visitors to become active themselves - now also with the digital museum guide in three languages.

• St. Gallen

Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen

The Kunst Halle has made a name for itself as a vibrant platform internationally and is one of the most important institutions for young Swiss artists.

• St. Gallen

Museum im Kornhaus

The exhibition of the Museum im Kornhaus offers interactive fun for young and old.

• Rorschach

Art zone in the Lokremise

The art zone in the Lokremise , the second venue of the art museum, serves as cultural laboratory for contemporary art.

• St. Gallen

Saurer Museum

In addition to different commercial vehicles, PostBuses and fire engines, the Saurer Museum also has a “Chlüpperlimaschine”, a Saurer embroidery machine, in its collection.

• Arbon

Textilmuseum Sorntal

A former spinning mill building dating from 1850 was renovated in 1994 and now houses the Textilmuseum Sorntal.

• Niederbüren

Appenzell Museum of Customs

Have you heard of the mystical New Year's Eve lice or the ancient Bloch custom?

• Urnäsch

Rock & Pop Museum

Keep on rockin’ – the unique rock and pop museum.

• Niederbüren

Appenzell Ethnology Museum Stein AR

The museum is mainly dedicated to the Appenzell alpine dairyman culture and the domestic textile industry.

• Stein

Zeppelin Museum

Art meets technology on the shores of Lake Constance

• Friedrichshafen

Heldsberg artillery fortress

A special kind of excursion experience, whatever the weather.

• Sankt Margrethen

Kunsthalle Wil

The forum for contemporary art.

• Wil

Hof zu Wil

The Hof zu Wil, originally built as a fortification for the Counts of Toggenburg, is considered a landmark of the town.

• Wil SG

Museum Appenzell

Museum of cultural history of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

• Appenzell

Ortsmuseum Rüthi

The Ortsmuseum Rüthi-Büchel has three exhibitions in three different buildings.

• Rüthi

Ortsmuseum Balgach

History in the Rhine Valley wine village of Balgach.

• Balgach

Ortsmuseum Berneck

The museum presents interesting and valuable facts about the village and its farmers and craftsmen.

• Berneck

Flawil Museum of Local History

The home of a former weaving mill owner is now a residential and local history museum in the Lower Toggenburg community, which was once heavily influenced by the textile industry.

• Flawil

Museum Prestegg

Since its reopening in 2021, the Prestegg Museum has been part of the Center for History and Culture of the Rhine Valley.

• Altstätten

Ortsmuseum Gaiserwald

The quaint 17th century community centre contains valuable and vividly displayed objects from the eventful history of Gaiserwald.

• St. Josefen

Ortsmuseum Häggenschwil

Relics of the past reveal exciting and interesting facts about the history of the municipality of Häggenschwil.

• Lömmenschwil

Abbey district of St.Gallen

Timeless, unique, inspiring.

• St.Gallen

blue cinema Scala

A large cinema in the heart of the city of St.Gallen.

• St. Gallen

Brasserie Lok

Paris chez Brasserie Lok! A piece of Paris in the heart of St.Gallen.

• St. Gallen

Cinedome

Good entertainment, popcorn, blockbusters and movie snacks in eight cinemas.

• Abtwil SG

Diogenes Theatre

The Diogenes Theater in Altstätten, founded in 1968, offers the highlights of the German-speaking cabaret scene from August to June.

• Altstätten

Dottenwil Castle

Dottenwil Castle with its local museum vividly combines interactions, nature, art, culture and history in a magnificent panoramic setting.

• Wittenbach

FigurenTheater St.Gallen

Material is brought to life in this theatre.

• St. Gallen

Kellerbühne St.Gallen

The charm of this small theatre is probably what makes the cellar stage so appealing to both well-known artists and illustrious audiences.

• St. Gallen

kinder.musical.theater Storchen

Pippi Longstocking, Peter Pan or Frau Holle – big and small devotees of musical theatre are in luck in the former Storchen cinema.

• St. Gallen

KINOTHEATER Madlen

Unique in the region, the Madlen offers films, theatre, cabaret concerts and lectures.

• Heerbrugg

Palace

The Palace tracks down pop-cultural trends and surprising sounds with a varied music program. The program also includes lectures on topics ranging from traffic planning and the media crisis to the end of the world.

• St. Gallen

Schollenmühle

Fascinating and interesting facts about peat-making and nature in the Schollenriet.

• Altstätten

Lattich

• St. Gallen

Soap Museum

Amazing about the variety of colors, shapes and uses of soaps.

• St. Gallen

Theater 111

The charming small theatre of the free art scene.

• St. Gallen

Theater Trouvaille

A significant place for the theater and cultural scene in St.Gallen

• St. Gallen

Theatre in the St.Gallen Lokremise

The Lokremise , newly renovated in 2010, is available with two stages as the second venue of the Theatre of St.Gallen.

• St. Gallen

Tonhalle

The concerts of the St.Gallen Symphony Orchestra fill the auditorium with a magical atmosphere, exhilarating audiences. The Tonhalle is also a venue for cabaret and jazz, for banquets and meetings.

• St. Gallen

Unteruhldingen Stilt Village

With over 20 reconstructed houses, the Archaeology Museum is one of the largest open-air museums in Europe.

• Uhldingen-Mühlhofen