The canton’s zoology museum describes itself as follows:
Inspired by the museum of the 18th or 19th century, the permanent exhibition has a small old-fashioned charm. The largest in terms of area and exposed animals, this exhibition presents systematically the main groups of vertebrates that are found on our planet. Successive interventions Museum officials have led to simplify the presentation by reducing the number of animals exposed, creating podiums for large animals or eliminate the furniture cluttering the central corridor. Aimed to university education, the comparative anatomy”museum within a museum” has undergone some changes and still offers an impressive sight of rows of jars, skeletons and two-headed monsters.
The building itself seems like it has been inspired by Escher…
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/palais_rumine_sep_2015
