Description of the attraction
The Historical Museum of Lucerne was opened on May 23, 1986 in the building of the former arsenal, which is located on Pfistergasse in Lucerne. The museum displays artifacts that tell the history of the city and the canton of Lucerne. Here, for example, you can see the chain mail of Duke Leopold of Habsburg, who died in the Battle of Sempach in 1386. There are also various antiques used in everyday life (coins, jewelry, toys, dishes, figurines, etc.), as well as historical costumes from the collection of Angelica Sofia Pancho de Bottin, which were previously kept in the Clothing Museum in Utenberg. On the ground floor, there is a detail of a fountain from Weinmarkt Square.
The building, which now houses the collection of the Historical Museum, was built in 1567-1568 and was intended to store weapons. In 1983 it was closed for renovations, and three years later it was transferred to the Museum of the History of Lucerne.
For the first time in Lucerne, they started talking about creating their own Historical Museum in the 18th century. However, individual exhibits in his collection began to appear only in the middle of the 19th century. In 1866 the architect Alphonse Pfiffer, who designed the Hotel National in Lucerne, proposed to build a new building for the Historical Museum. Only in 1873 the city council allocated one hall on the first floor of the old Town Hall for a historical exhibition. Five years later, the exposition of the museum has already occupied several rooms, and since 1924 - the adjacent hall, which was used in the old days for storing grain. Nevertheless, in Lucerne, the question of providing the Historical Museum with a more spacious building was constantly discussed. The problem was only resolved when the museum moved to the former arsenal.
