Haus zum Sessel

[1] In the late 15th century, Johann Amerbach rented the building and established an additional printing press in the house.

[1] Froben employed humanists like Sebastian Brant, Beatus Rhenanus or Johannes Reuchlin as editors and proof readers.

[1] Johannes Oecolampadius resided in the house during his proof reading of the Greek-Latin Bible of Erasmus of Rotterdam.

[4] In 1801, the pedagogue Johann Georg Tobler opened a boys' school in the house, which operated until 1803.

The young women were educated in geography, history, French, German and religion in the mornings and in handicrafts in the afternoon.

The school was founded with the support of the Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige (GGG).

[2] In 1925 Josef Anton Häfliger donated his personal pharmacological collection to the university and became a part of the Pharmacy Museum.