Freulerpalast, Baroque palace in Näfels, Switzerland.

The Freulerpalast in Näfels is a two-winged Baroque manor with a walled courtyard containing stables and a Baroque garden reconstructed in 1942. Its facades feature curving dormers, painted shutters and exposed-masonry cornices; the south side has a polygonal oriel in late Gothic style, while the portals show Mannerist traits. Inside, the ground-floor Sala Terrena has an early Baroque stuccoed groin vault and a marble fireplace, and the upper-floor festival hall has a carved coffered ceiling and an open oriel housing a small chapel with a Baroque column altar.

Kaspar Freuler, a Näfels-born officer in French service, had the palace built between 1642 and 1647. Financial difficulties forced the Freuler family to sell it to the municipality of Näfels in 1840. A foundation acquired the complex and restored it between 1937 and 1942, and since 1946 it has housed the Museum of the Canton of Glarus.

Since 1946 the palace has housed the Museum des Landes Glarus, devoted to the canton's history, especially its industry and tourism. The collection covers the textile and tourism trades that shaped the Glarus valley, and the building itself, with its Sala Terrena and Festsaal, is part of what visitors see.

The palace is open from April through October with guided tours available Tuesday to Sunday between 10:00 and 17:00. It is best to check current opening times beforehand and allow time for a full tour of the rooms and garden.

The south side of the main wing has a polygonal oriel in late Gothic forms, while the portals show Mannerist traits. The open oriel adjoining the upper-floor festival hall holds a small house chapel with a Baroque column altar. Several rooms keep tiled stoves.