Open May 3 – October 26, 2025, We - Su 1.30 to 5.00 pm
Book a tour: info@museum-holzbildhauerei.ch /Tel. +41 33 952 13 17
We are more than happy to organize group visits during the winter season - cow carving, a tour of the masterpieces, stories about the long tradition of wood carving - this and much more awaits you in our entertaining and interesting group programmes. Just give us a call!...
Look forward to the coming season, when with Peter Twellmann a particularly interesting special exhibition awaits us. His fascinating works, influenced by nature, will invite you to marvel ...
... a Merry Christmas, time for reflection and a Happy New Year....
Whether a smiling human-sized figure, a piece of furniture with that certain something, a decorated chopping board, a bear coat rack or a famous wooden cow large or small, gifts made of wood are simply a joy! They are also sustainable from local production, warm to the touch and fit into any stylish environment....
Without constantly crossing borders, I wouldn't know where the borders are. / Urs-Peter Twellmann
— Urs-Peter Twellmann . Special Exhibition 2025
We look back with gratitude on the 2024 season with an attractive special exhibition ‘CHALETS TO TAKE ALONG’ and an increase in visitors, especially in the area of group and company events. It gives us great pleasure to present this museum pearl to you all year after year as lively and with as many interesting stories as possible! Many thanks to all our partners!...
The museum is of course also present on social media - do you already follow us on Facebook? There, too, you will always find exciting news from the multifaceted world of the home of woodcarving in Brienz, from the museum, from the symposium, from the violin making school and, of course, from the Schnätzi, where talented woodcarvers are trained to become professional woodcarvers....
Lieben Sie klassische Musik? Oder epische Rockmusik mit Orchester? Was auch immer ihre Musikstil prägt, Geigen oder Violinen gehören zu anspruchsvollsten Instrumenten überhaupt. Für besonders hochwertige Ausführungen wird in der Geigenbauschule in Brienz der Grundstein gelegt, um das hochpräzise Handwerk auszuüben. In diesem Prachtsgebäude ist die Schule zuhause....
Almost 200 years ago, works from Brienz went around the world. A wooden chalet from 1913 by the Jobin company is currently shining at the “Swiss Design Classics” exhibition in Beijing, China. Initial reactions indicate that the exhibition is attracting a great deal of interest....
Wood sculpting can be filigree precision work. However, wood sculpting often starts very roughly with chainsaws when the large piece of wood needs to be shaped. On closer inspection, some people are amazed at the fine work that is possible even with this noisy tool ...