Egg Museum, Local history museum in Egg, Austria

The Egg Museum occupies the former school and municipal building of Egg, erected in 1899 to plans by Feldkirch engineer Anton Gamperle and built under master builder Fidel Kröner. Its collection covers the Bregenz Forest, centred on traditional Wäldertracht costume, with ceramics, weapons, baptismal and charity gifts, and a model of a typical Bregenz Forest house.

It was founded in 1904 as the first local history museum in Vorarlberg and marked an early effort to preserve regional history. After major renovations, it reopened in 1988.

The exhibition rooms display traditional garments and regional crafts from the Bregenzerwald area. They show how people in this region dressed and made things for their daily lives.

The museum occupies the former school and municipal building of Egg, erected in 1899 to plans by engineer Anton Gamperle of Feldkirch; the building is heritage-protected. The same house is shared with the Bregenzerwald Archive, a library and a music school, so parts of it serve other purposes. Look for the preserved 1899 construction drawings, kept in good condition.

The museum building, erected in 1899, was Egg's school and municipal house; the Feldkirch master builder Fidel Kröner received the commission, and the plans by engineer Anton Gamperle survive in excellent condition. The walls were raised by the Egg builder Giovanni Bertolini. Today the building also houses the Bregenzerwald Archive, a library and a music school.