Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Art and natural history museum in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
The Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen occupies a former Benedictine monastery and spans 6000 square meters of exhibition space in downtown Schaffhausen. The collections cover archaeology, regional history, natural sciences, and fine art from the Stone Age to contemporary work.
The museum was founded in 1921 and suffered damage from an accidental American bombing in 1944 that destroyed about 70 artworks. Reconstruction lasted until 1946 and shaped the building as it exists today.
The name reflects the feast of all saints and the monastery's past shapes the experience today. Visitors sense this heritage when walking through the open cloister, where the rhythm of monastic life remains tangible.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM with no entrance fee. Keep in mind that wheelchair access is limited and the building has several staircases.
The museum houses the Ebnöther collection with about 6000 archaeological objects, including a significant selection of pre-Columbian artifacts from the Americas. It also contains Switzerland's largest open monastery cloister.
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