The museum castle

The donjon was built by the Zähring dynasty in the 12th century and was carefully rebuilt and adapted during Bernese rule in the 15th and 17th centuries. Of particular note is the intact ceremonial hall with impressive masses dating from around 1200.

The 23-metre-high roof built over the donjon has also been completely preserved. The castle museum, housed in the five large halls of the tower, contains a rich cultural and historical collection: two ecclesiastical tapestries from the 13th and 15th centuries, a coat of arms tapestry of Charles the Bold captured at Grandson and town banners from the period.

The special collection of rural ceramics with a pottery workshop and painter's studio focuses on Heimberg and Thun majolica.


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