Museums Maur - Printmaking Museum Castle and Mill with Sagi
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Versatile museums with themes of printmaking/art/history/printing workshop and local history/agriculture/crafts/sawmill. The local history archive with photos and documents.
The rich Herrliberger collection in Maur Castle includes prints and publishing works by the Zurich engraver and book publisher David Herrliberger (1697-1777) and other products of Zurich book printing, book illustration and printmaking from the 16th to 19th centuries. The Salomon Cabinet displays paintings and portraits by Colonel Salomon Landolt (1741-1818) as well as drawings and paintings by Salomon Gessner (1730-1788). The castle cellar contains an engraver's workshop with a roller press and a letterpress workshop with a platen printing press and a stock of lead typesetting types.
The local museum in the Maur mill presents cultural assets relating to local and regional history, including everyday objects from the crafts and agricultural sectors, furniture and valuable household items. Special emphasis is placed on textile processing, milling and shoemaking; stove tiles and Schooren faience.
The archive at Rainstrasse 2 is dedicated to the local history of Maur with photos and documents from the municipality.
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General information
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Museen Maur
Burgstrasse 8 8124 Maur 044 980 26 33 043 495 62 13 info@museenmaur.ch |
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Group & pricing information
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Free admission
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Address
Museen Maur
Burgstrasse 8 + 13
8124
Maur
Switzerland
Phone
+41 (0)44 980 26 33
info@museenmaur.ch
museenmaur.ch
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