Museum Gais

Museum Gais is a museum in Gais, Bezirk Mittelland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden which is located on Dorfplatz. Museum Gais is situated nearby to Reformed Church, as well as near the hotel Gasthof Krone.

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Opening hours: Sunday 2:00 PM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: Museum collection in Gais in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
Also known as: “Museum am Dorfplatz Gais”
Address: Dorfplatz 2, Gais, 9056

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Reformed Church and Gasthof Krone.

Reformed Church

Church

Reformed Church

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Gasthof Krone

Hotel

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gasthof Krone is a hotel.

Gais railway station

Railway station

Gais railway station

Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gais railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Gais, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm metre gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen and Altstätten–Gais lines of Appenzell Railways. Gais railway station is situated 270 metres southwest of Museum Gais.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Appenzell Meistersrüte and Schlatt.

Appenzell Meistersrüte

Village

Appenzell Meistersrüte

Photo: Hugin (software), CC BY-SA 3.0.

Appenzell Meistersrüte is a village in the district of Appenzell in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. Its population is about 800. Appenzell Meistersrüte is situated 2½ km southwest of Museum Gais.

Schlatt

Hamlet

Photo: Schofför, CC BY-SA 2.5 ch.

Schlatt is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km west of Museum Gais.

Steinegg

Village

Photo: Lokolia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Steinegg is a village, which is situated 5 km south of Museum Gais.

Museum Gais

Categories: ethnographic museum, memory institution, city museum, local museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Gais, Bezirk Mittelland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.36216° or 47° 21′ 44″ north

Longitude

9.4542° or 9° 27′ 15″ east

Wheelchair access

no

Open location code

8FVF9F63+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From German to Italian—“Museum Gais” goes by many names.

German: “Museum am Dorfplatz”
German: “Museum Gais”
Italian: “Museo di Gais”
Italian: “Museum Gais”

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