Skip to main content

Westallgäuer Heimatmuseum (West Allgäu Museum of Local History)

Accessibility
no information available
Opening Times
Closed today
Address
Hauptstraße 2
88171 Weiler-Simmerberg
Contact

The rich collection of West Allgäu artefacts from prehistoric and early historical times to the 20th century now fills 23 rooms of the over 300-year-old former inn "Zum Löwen". Objects of local customs and costumes, evidence of popular piety and sacred art bear witness to the rich cultural history of the village and its surroundings. Among the sculptures from the 15th century, figures of saints from the Multscher school around 1450 and by Ivo Strigel around 1500 are particularly noteworthy. One focus is on bourgeois furniture, which was put together to form cosy ensembles with furnishings typical of the period. An original shop interior from the mid-18th century as well as tools, machines and products from the local straw hat industry illustrate aspects of economic life. Another special feature of the museum is a self-portrait by the painter Angelika Kaufmann, alongside various paintings by patrons, citizens and farmers.

Last edited on 12.12.2023

Additional information

You Might Also Be Interested in

  • Museum / Exhibition Centre: Vogteimuseum mit Blumenauer Heimatstube (Bailiwick museum with Blumenau local history room)

    The bailiwick museum provides information on the local history of Aurach with the former bailiwick of Wahrberg Castle and the Eichstätt Collegiate. You can also see traditional costumes, objects of...

    Location: Aurach

  • Museum / Exhibition Centre: Bauernhofmuseum (Farm Museum)

    In two purpose-built buildings of the private collector Johann Schreiner, a comprehensive collection of agricultural implements and machines from different eras, but also household goods and workshop...

    Location: Buchhofen

  • Museum / Exhibition Centre: Jägerndorfer Heimatstuben (Jägerndorf local history rooms)

    The Jägerndorfer Heimatstuben (Jägerndorf local history rooms) provide an overview of the history of the Sudeten Silesian Duchy of Jägerndorf, especially under the Princes of Brandenburg-Ansbach and...

    Location: Ansbach

  • Museum / Exhibition Centre: Jean Paul Stube in der Rollwenzelei (Jean Paul Room in the Rollwenzelei)

    The Rollwenzelei was an inn (now a private residence) at the time when Jean Paul lived in Bayreuth (1804-1825). The poet stayed here almost daily and the landlady, Anna Dorothea Rollwenzel, provided...

    Location: Bayreuth

  • Museum / Exhibition Centre: Webereimuseum (Weaving Museum)

    "If you want to live, you have to weave" was once said here - and so everything in and around the Lepoldenhaus revolves around this trade, which is so important for the Lower Bavarian Forest. In the...

    Location: Breitenberg

  • Museum / Exhibition Centre: Johann Baptist Graser-Schulmuseum (Johann Baptist Graser School Museum)

    On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Graser School in 2000, a museum was set up on the ground floor of the school building about the life and work of Johann Baptist Graser, a pedagogue who...

    Location: Bayreuth