Most of the objects in National Museum’s collections are linked to the history of the Principality of Liechtenstein and the surrounding region. The exhibits include:
- archaeological finds from the Neolithic period up to the Early Middle Ages (the ex-hibition also contains objects from Liechtenstein’s national archaeological collection)
- models and reliefs
- everyday articles and artefacts from material culture and living culture
- weapons and other historic military objects
- a late Gothic room and a traditional farmhouse parlour
- religious wood carvings, a Lenten cloth from 1612, goldsmith works from churches, and church archaeology: winged altar, stonemasonry (font, coat of arms, etc.)
- coins, medals and badges of honour
- tools used for lowland and mountain farming
- objects from the fields of handicrafts, industry, manufacturing, education, local cus-toms and the four seasons
- graphic arts, cartography, photography
- regional art: paintings, drawings
- objects related to authority and public administration
- the Adulf Peter Goop Collection (Easter eggs and other eggs, paintings and works of graphic art)
- the Bühler Wax Collection (religious wax figures, waxworks from monasteries throughout the Alps) (NOT EXHIBITED)
- ethnological collections: Heinrich Harrer Collection (Tibet) (NOT EXHIBITED) and Theres Vogt Collection (Cameroon and Haiti) (NOT EXHIBITED)
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