17 Jul Summer holidays – soak up some culture!
Do something for your heart and soul...
Open May 2 – October 25, 2026, We - Su 1.30 to 5.00 pm
Book a tour: info@museum-holzbildhauerei.ch /Tel. +41 33 952 13 17
Do something for your heart and soul...
The international wood sculptors are at work ...
We invite all visitors to the International Woodcarving Symposium, 1-5 July, to a free guided tour of the museum! After visiting the works on the lakeshore, take the opportunity to view the masterpieces and the special exhibition of land art by Urs-P. Twellmann with us. See you soon!...
From Tuesday, 1 July till Saturday, 5 July, you can once again watch top international wood sculptors create new works on the beautiful Brienz Quay, directly on Lake Brienz! This is unique, don't miss it ...
Woodcarving is world-famous! The museum regularly welcomes guests from all over the world to Brienz - interested groups from the USA, Korea, India and many other destinations. How about cow carving? ...
Carving is a matter close to the heart of this qualified wood sculptor. After a solid education at the Swiss Woodcarving School in Brienz, he now works in Toggenburg. This is what successful young talent looks like ...
That sounds like a good plan for today's splendid day or for the weekend. Brienz, the pretty woodcarving village, is not only beautifully situated, it also invites you to spend an eventful day with the whole family! We look forward to seeing you...
When public holidays shorten the working week or when you're off anyway, you need ideas for wonderful excursions - how about the Schnitzlerdorf Brienz and then a visit to our museum? There's a lot to discover ...
I need tasks that I do NOT know whether I can solve ... URS PETER TWELLMANN
— Urs Peter Twellmann"Here I work with materials that I can find on site in nature - especially with "destroyed" or damaged wood. Even then, it turns out that I can't improve on anything that nature creates. But I can make it visible in new and surprising ways" ...