Take a tour of the exciting exhibitions at the Braunwald Alpine Museum and experience the fascination of the Glarus mountains - their nature, their culture and, of course, their stories.

Experience the fascination of the Glarus mountains in a modern and compact way. The museum begins with the unique geology of Glarus, which takes you on a journey through time spanning over 300 million years. You will encounter the oldest fossils and dinosaur tracks in Switzerland and enter the only Swiss volcano park. You will learn more about the Glarus Thrust, the core of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tectonic Arena Sardona, which you can see with the naked eye on the Hausstock opposite.

The tour continues to the beginnings of mountaineering. To the SAC-Tödi as the founding section of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and the construction of the Grünhornhütte, the first SAC hut in Switzerland. It can be seen from the museum on a clear day. To the Glarus Mountain Guide Association, the oldest in Switzerland. Listen to what Wildi, Hans and Sämi have to say. About the history of the Via Glaralpina, the first long-distance hiking trail that circumnavigates the canton of Glarus across all levels of vegetation, linking huts, hotels and inns. The warden of the Planura hut SAC and the warden of the Glärnisch hut SAC also talk about their everyday life in the hut.

A special story begins with the Glarus Ski Club, which was the first ski club in Switzerland to be founded in Glarus in 1893. The tour tells of the production of the first skis and the first Swiss competitions in Glarus, of Glarus native Rösli Streiff as the first female ski world champion, of skiing legend Vreni Schneider, Switzerland's best female athlete, and Patrick Küng, the downhill world champion. But also of the local company Kessler-Swiss, which manufactures skis and snowboards that are among the best in the world.

There is a small temporary exhibition in the center of the museum, each of which highlights a specific theme. And the Biferten Glacier is explained to you along the window front with an impressive view of the surrounding mountains and glaciers. In this historic Tödi region.


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