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Rhaetian Museum

Rhaetian Museum

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Rhaetian Museum

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Location: Chur, Plessur, Graubünden, Switzerland

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Paul

December 16, 2023

Rhaetian Museum, Chur
Once a mansion, now a museum for the general public:
The Rätisches Museum once served as a private residence for Paul von Buol zu Strass and Rietberg. In 1675 the baron bought the property and built a baroque building in place of the old armory. In the 19th century the house became a site of cultural and historical memory. At that time, people around the lawyer and politician Peter Conradin von Planta were concerned about the migration of Graubünden cultural assets and wanted to put a stop to this development with a collection. This resulted in the Rhaetian Museum.
Text / Source: Chur Tourismus, Bahnhofstrasse 32, 7001 Chur
churtourismus.ch

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Heloks

May 13, 2021

Lively, 4-story museum with permanent and changing exhibitions on the history of Graubünden.

The outer facade is currently under renovation (May 2021), but the museum can be visited. From the Stone Age / Antiquity in the cellar, to the medieval second floor, to the modern era on the third and fourth floor, very interesting designs.

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Matto

February 2, 2024

The Rhaetian Museum, housed in a baroque patrician house built in 1675, illustrates and conveys Graubünden's history. In addition to the permanent exhibition, which includes archaeological, cultural-historical and folklore objects from the entire canton of Graubünden from prehistory and early history to the present, a diverse exhibition program provides current references to Graubünden culture and history

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Andi

August 30, 2025

The baroque patrician house that houses the museum was built in 1675 by Paul von Buol-Strassberg. The Imperial Baron belonged to the ruling class of the Free State of the Three Leagues.

The museum's founding at the end of the 19th century was linked to the increasing exodus of valuable cultural assets. The lawyer, historian, and politician Peter Conradin von Planta established a foundation for a "Grisons Museum of Science and Art." Andreas Rudolf von Planta was also a founding member. The museum opened on June 8, 1872, on the ground floor of the Buol House. Initially, it comprised a library, a natural history collection, and an antiquities collection. The antiquities collection is currently discontinued. It, along with all other museum pieces no longer relevant for exhibitions, is stored in the cultural property protection room in Haldenstein.

The collection on Graubünden's history comprises almost 100,000 objects, approximately one-tenth of which are on display in the Buol House. The "Object of the Month" is intended to provide insight into the Rhaetian Museum's collection. A selected item from the collection will be presented in the foyer of the Rhaetian Museum.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A4tisches_Museum

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