Solothurn Stone Museum
(Left of it the Jesuit Church , in the middle of the picture the St. Ursus Cathedral )
The Solothurn Stone Museum is a museum that on the one hand exhibits stone exhibits and on the other hand wants to bring the stone handicraft closer to the visitor. It is located in the old town of the Swiss community of Solothurn and is run by the Solothurn Stone Friends Association. The exhibits belong to the city or the canton of Solothurn .
museum
Most of the exhibits come from the lapidary in the former cloister of the neighboring Jesuit college . In addition to the exhibits, the museum has interactive installations as well as audio-visual shows and films.
The museum is designed to be blind and allows visitors to touch the exhibits. Blind people can get information about the exhibits via an audio guide. In 2013, the stone museum received a tourism award from the canton for its design as a museum suitable for the blind as part of the Seeing with your hands project .
history
The Friends of the Solothurner Stone , which was renamed Solothurner Steinfreunde in 1991 , was founded in 1980. He has been chaired by Peter Studer since 2015.
The museum was opened in 1983 in the Kreuzen property as the Steinmuseum Kreuzen in the Rüttenen district . In 1997 the stone museum moved to its current location next to the Jesuit church.
literature
- Dieter Bedenig: A Brief History of the Solothurn Stone Museum . Solothurn 2015.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '28 " N , 7 ° 32' 15.9" E ; CH1903: 607509 / 228 542