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Chalet – From Myth to Modern Architecture
New Exhibition at the Sandstone Pavilion
Starting March 27, 2025
The exhibition explores a central, yet elusive theme of Swiss popular culture: The Chalet.
Featuring a diverse collection of items such as souvenirs, old model chalets, product catalogs, advertising posters, historical paintings, and fascinating background stories, it narrates the success story of the holiday cliché—from its beginnings to the present day.
It invites visitors to discover the myth, the reality, and surprising connections to the Glacier Garden and Lucerne.
The new felsenwelt
The century construction is complete and open to Glacier Garden visitors.
As soon as you enter the imposing entrance portal, the rock begins to tell its story and reveal its secrets - from the formation of the Lucerne sandstone on the seashore, to its unfolding into the Alpine mountains, to its modeling by the glaciers of the Ice Age and into the future.
Bucket List Tour
As an enrichment and support for individual visitors of the Glacier Garden, the Bucket List Tour is now available as an Audioguide.
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With the opening of the Sandstone Pavilion the renovation of the Glacier Garden is finished. The angular pavilion is not a building, but an overturned boulder partially constructed with sandstone from the Glacier Garden.
In this Sandstone Pavilion, a 13-minute film explains the Glacier Garden and shows the climate, geology and tourism history of Central Switzerland.
The exhibition room offers space for temporary special exhibitions.
newly designed, the Sommerau
The winding passage through the Lucerne sandstone inside the earth leads up to the Sommerau. Back in daylight, visitors can enjoy a view over Lucerne all the way to the Alps. The idyllic piece of land of the Sommerau extends the historic park of the Glacier Garden.
