Naturmuseum St.Gallen

About

With four floors of exhibition space, the Natural History Museum is a great place to discover Eastern Switzerland’s native animals and minerals up close. The walk through exhibits provide for an interactive experience – now also through a digital museum guide in three languages (G, E, F) featuring one knowledge tour and four game tours. Explore Switzerland’s largest 3D topographic model of Eastern Switzerland, surrounded by exhibits of the diverse fauna. In the realm of the bear, there is much to learn not only about Switzerland’s native predator, the cave bear of the Wildkirchli area, but also about the busy life of ant populations. The top floor invites visitors to journey through the story of life on earth and meet the Museum’s weightiest object: an original skeleton of an Edmontosaurus. Other exhibits explore technical inventions inspired by nature and lovers of sparkling crystals are in for a treat in the artificial rockscape. Recent additions include seasonal children’s trails.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes