Museum Luzern

The Historical Museum of the Canton of Lucerne is located on the Reuss River in the former armory. You are greeted very nicely and you are told how best to tour the museum. At the reception you get a small Ipad and then you walk through the museum and scan the yellow codes that are distributed everywhere. In addition, there are green codes that belong to an audio guide tour through the history of the museum. Highly recommended for children

I was very pleasantly surprised by selection in this museum, with a few very unique pieces I have not seen anywhere else. They're a little tucked away, but at the back on the top floor there's a stunning selection of astonishingly well preserved Neolithic fabrics, rope and tools, which I have never seen in such close proximity before, if at all. There is an enormous range of items, otherwise. Some is the standard for small museum but there are some very interesting unique pieces such as heraldic shields and a extravagant sled. The museum provides a tablet, that can be used to scan items and recieve information on them - in English and hopefully a lot of other languages too! Overall, I was very impressed and would say it is definitely worth the entrance fee!!

Scanning system was frustrating to use and did not allow easy and fluid browsing. The collections felt more eclectic than themed. Few things stood out as particularly interesting, and many that did had such simple descriptions that i was not enthralled.

There’s a wide range of exhibits of very varying ages, including some unusual 6000 year old wooden artifacts and a good armoury collection. Everything labelled (via an ipad) in English and German. It would have been nice to have an old fashioned narrative history of the city to provide some context (apologies if this was on the ipad and I missed it).

It’s fashionable now for museums to open up their depots to give visitors an idea of what they have in store behind the displays. That is how this looks: A depot. You get a tablet to scan the inventory. The collection is fantastically eclectic, from typewriters to Neolithic artefacts, from suits of armour to lingerie, from cutlery to a guillotine, from medieval paintings to modern carnival masks, from toys to a dentist’s chair. It’s good fun to browse but lacks the theme that a good curator would bring to an exhibition.

We spent a surprising amount of time here. The curating is a little eclectic, but the collection is actually really interesting if you can persist with the tablet scanner system. My one big gripe is that it was not clear which barcode went with which object-- there was a lot of trial and error to find the information you wanted (which probably contributed to our lengthy visit...). Some simple numbering would be a financially reasonable solution.

Interesting presentation of local historical artifacts. Artifacts are not labeled, rather an iPad is provided to describe everything, which is a bit unwieldy.

One of the most interesting museums I’ve visited in Switzerland! I loved the self-paced experience, it feels like rummaging through a treasure trove. The items on display range from mid 20th century to 4000BC. A wonderful range of artefacts that tell the story of Lucerne and Switzerland. The Neolithic net at the very top of the museum is a tiny wonder. The staff are very friendly and helpful too.