Museum in the armory (Schaffhausen)
 Entrance building 5 of the Zeughaus with Hochwacht Harzpfanne |
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| place | Randenstrasse 34, 8200 Schaffhausen |
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Museum for the historical and technical development of the Swiss Army
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| opening | 2005 |
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Association Museum in the Armory
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The museum in the armory is a military history museum in the cantonal armory in Schaffhausen in Switzerland . The museum shows the historical and technical development of the Swiss army as well as its equipment and armament and thus documents Swiss history and the history of technology.
history
The collection of Karl Bauert (1929–2009) formed the basis. The long-time management employee of the cantonal armory in Schaffhausen systematically collected historical items of equipment that the soldiers were allowed to keep after their service and that might have been disposed of. He added purchases to the resulting collection of uniforms, ordinance weapons and personal equipment. In 1993 he began to set up a small museum in the arsenal.
The collection was rented in the armory by Martin Huber, long-time CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Georg Fischer Group and artillery colonel. The reason for his collection of guns and motor vehicles, which he began in 1995, was the downsizing of the Swiss Army in the course of the reforms ( Army 95 ). The historian and former artillery captain Jürg Zimmermann has been collecting historical brass instruments made in Switzerland in his private house since 1989 .
In 2005, with the three collections in building 5 of the cantonal armory, a museum for the equipment and armament of the Swiss army was set up.
Foundation and Association
The sponsor is the Museum im Zeughaus Foundation, established at the end of 2004 and registered in the commercial register , which is subject to the supervision of the Canton of Schaffhausen.
The Museum im Zeughaus association has the same objectives as the foundation. According to its statutes, it aims to collect and maintain army material, in particular historical guns and motor vehicles, military musical instruments, weapons, corps material, equipment and documents of the Swiss Army, with the aim of using part of the collection in the museum in the arsenal in Schaffhausen accessible to the public in an attractive form. Its purpose is to ensure the foundation's personal and financial support.
The association brings together patrons and volunteers who maintain and supplement the collections as well as organize exhibitions and conduct tours.
museum
The Zeughaus auf der Breite in Schaffhausen was built in 1871/1872 in order to be able to build a federal arsenal in Schaffhausen. Because these plans failed, the buildings on the width were used as a cantonal armory.
Building 5 of the cantonal armory was built in 1915/1916 by architect Karl Werner as an extension of the cantonal armory as a wooden structure and is still largely preserved in its original state.
Inside the building, some «standard compartments» of Army 61 have been preserved in their original 20th century condition. The standard compartments on display in the museum show the corps material equipment of a fusilier company and a heavy cannon battery.
The museum included two large halls in the former Georg Fischer steel foundry in Schaffhausen's Mühlental, where over 50 historic wheeled vehicles and tanks as well as artillery, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns were exhibited as a showroom. In autumn 2019, the collection was transferred to Hall 1 of the SIG area in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and made accessible to the public again.
Previous exhibitions
- 2006: The Cadets in Schaffhausen
- 2007: 200 years of the Schaffhausen Cantonal Officers Society (KOG) and the army yesterday
- 2008: The cyclists in the Swiss Army
- 2009/2010: Borders through the ages
- 2010: Special exhibition resistance ( P-26 )
- 2011/2012: Special exhibition The Swiss Artillery through the ages
- Until 2017: From horse-drawn to mechanized artillery. Development of the Swiss artillery (armory).
Current exhibitions
The museum presents exhibitions and historical collections in the armory and steel foundry in Mühlental:
- The viewing depots include uniforms, personal equipment, ordinance weapons (Karl Bauert Collection, Zeughaus), brass wind instruments (Jürg Zimmermann Collection, Zeughaus), artillery guns, anti-tank, anti-aircraft (Martin Huber Collection, steel foundry), tanks and tracked vehicles (Martin Huber Collection , Steel foundry) and are partly integrated into the above exhibitions.
- colorful - field gray - camouflaged. 250 years of clothing and equipment for Swiss soldiers. (Armory)
- Mobilization . The mobilizations of the Swiss Army since 1792 (Zeughaus) with the special exhibition Further development of the Army WEA.
- The motorization and mechanization of the Swiss army . The history of the motorization of the Swiss army z. B. Berna 2 US / Swiss industry (SIG Areal Halle 10 Neuhausen am Rhf).
- 2017: Repatriation of internees 1914-1917 . During the First World War, Schaffhausen helps 300,000 people in need to return to their home country in France (Zeughaus).
- 2017: Artillery yesterday and today - From the throwing machine to mechanized artillery (renewed exhibition, armory)
- from September 7, 2019: Resistance - Résistance, P-26: Preparation in the event of a partially occupied Switzerland (opening of the special exhibition on September 7)
- from October 5, 2019: Reopening of the exhibition Motorization and Mechanization of the Swiss Army (vehicle collection from motorcycles to tanks) on the SIG site in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Hall 1
Publications
- The club's magazine "KURIER" appears five times a year (former name: "Ganghebel").
- Ernst Willi, Fritz Müller: Mobilization. The mobilizations of the Swiss Army since 1792. Catalog for the exhibition in the Museum im Zeughaus, Schaffhausen from May 10, 2014 to the end of 2015. Museum im Zeughaus (publisher), Schaffhausen 2014.
literature
- Swiss Society for the History of Technology and Industrial Culture SGTI: In-Ku 52 Museum in the Schaffhausen Armory
Web links
- Official website of the Museum in the Armory
- Swiss Society for the History of Technology and Industrial Culture SGTI: In-Ku 52 Museum in the Schaffhausen Armory
- Mobilization in the museum. A show in Schaffhausen recalls how the Swiss army was prepared for war. Tages-Anzeiger from August 4, 2014