Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation

It was built in 1936 as a national shrine for the Federal Charter of 1291, which was believed to be the founding document of the Swiss Confederation.

Today, the museum explains the national myth and the actual history of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

It was only realized in the 1930s when the Canton of Schwyz planned to move its state archive to a wing of the new building.

Beginning with the exhibition design of 1999, the museum began to integrate the latest historical findings.

Since 2014, the myth surrounding the Federal Charter is an important part of the current permanent exhibition, while the architectural setting of the 1930s remains present.