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Special Exhibition - Lipstick and Cartridge - Women are Winning the Hunt
The number of women who are practicing hunting is constantly rising today. A sign of the times? A modernization in the world of hunters? The chance to start a dialogue with the non-hunting parts of society in order to find answers and establishing a new position?
The new special exhibition is taking up a current topical issue, challenging clichés and stereotypes. It reveals cultural backgrounds and invites to an exciting tour through a huntresses’ world – with, at the end, a try in the shooting cinema!
An exciting series of related events (in German) deepen our knowledge of specific themes around women who hunt.
The special exhibition is shown until october 14th in the new granary hall accessible from the castle court.
Impressions of Opening of the Season and Special Exhibition 2018
Permanent Exhibition
Upon walking around the castle and the grain houses, explore the fascinating way of life of our huntable and protected native wildlife, as well as the hunt in all of its interesting and surprising facets.
The Dr René La Roche Collection on the History of Hunting
Unique collection of over 600 hunting objects and accessories from the 15th to the 19th centuries.
On the second floor above the ground floor of the granary
Firearms of the Swiss Hunters in the 19th and 20th centuries
In the attic of the castle
Falconry - A Griffin on my Hand
It was one of the most elegant hunting methods, the most beautiful hunting method of kings and emperors - hawking or falconry.
Wildlife and Man in the Cultural Landscape
In three rooms on the first floor and in one room on the second floor above ground level of the castle
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The Hunting Dog - Ally and Friend
It was a brilliant trick of our ancestors – about 20,000 years ago, it occurred to people to tame wolves. In time, people began to make use of the traits of the wolf species. The dog, as a pet, came from the wolf in the wild. And so began the fascinating story of the friendship between people and dogs.
The exhibition "The Hunting Dog – Ally and Friend", explains how this close bonding between people and dogs emerged, which influence humankind has had on the evolution of the dog and how the partnership between dog and humans is lived out in the hunt today.
In the attic of the castle
Swiss game trophies in a unique historical ambience
- Deer, red and ibex from Switzerland in the corridors of the castle
- Chamois from Switzerland in the stair tower
- Ibex from the colony of Augstmatthorn/Bernese Oberland in the Carnozet (wine cellar)