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Vindonissa Museum

Roman Garden of Vindonissa

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/event/roman-garden-of-vindonissa

Price: Included in the museum admission fee 0 Reconstructed Ornamental Garden of the Legion Commander The Roman garden at the Vindonissa Museum is an oasis of tranquility and sensory delight. A colorful array of plants flourishes in the flower beds, while water splashes in the fountains and basins. A colonnade frames the 450-square-meter complex, which is unique in Switzerland in terms of its size. The garden features around 40 plant species for which there is archaeobotanical evidence locally. The design, with its ornate bed borders and water features, is modeled after ancient examples and exudes

Vindonissa Museum

Quiz Tour

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/event/quiz-tour

Interactive tour for children Suitable for Ages 7 and over Price Included in the museum admission fee Duration 45 minutes Booking Not required 0 Trough the museum with the treasure map Our archaeologist on duty, Walter Scatterbrain, has been dreaming of grand palaces and glittering treasure again. He forgot where he stowed his latest finds from the last excavation. Help him find his objects and fill in the gaps in his diary. An exciting quiz for big and small. Join the quiz tour at the Vindonissa Museum! Help archaeologist Walter Schussel find his artifacts. A thrilling adventure for children aged

Vindonissa Museum

AKTUELL display

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/event/aktuell-display

Admission: Museum entrance fee Highlights from the Cantonal Archaeology Department The AKTUELL display presents special treasures from the former legionary camp at Vindonissa. A new display is installed by the Cantonal Archaeology Department every year. Themes include current excavations, unusual finds and research results from throughout the canton of Aargau. The vernissage takes place every November.

Vindonissa Museum

Permanent exhibition on Vindonissa

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/event/permanent-exhibition-on-vindonissa

Admission: Museum entrance fee Discover original objects from excavations! How did the Romans live 2,000 years ago on the territory of present-day Switzerland? What did they eat? What weapons and clothes did they wear? For more than 100 years, archaeologists in the Brugg/Windisch area have been researching the site where the only legionary camp on the territory of present-day Switzerland once stood. Largest collection of Roman writing tablets The Vindonissa Museum shows original objects from these excavations in its permanent exhibition. It presents life and everyday routines in the legionary camp

Hallwyl Castle

Permanent exhibition

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/hallwyl-castle/event/domestic-life-museum

Permanent exhibition Admission Museum entrance fee Permanent exhibition on the family and construction history Who lived at Hallwyl Castle? When was it built? How did the lords of Hallwyl ensure law and order? And how did the servants live and work? The permanent exhibition in the castle provides an insight into the construction and family history and numerous aspects of the life of the nobility and their subjects. The topics range from agriculture and fishing to medieval medicine and the prevailing religion-based world view. Audiovisual shows, an audio guide, castle models to touch as well as

IndustriekulTour Aabach

IndustriekulTour Aabach – Histoire industrielle virtuelle

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/industriekultour-aabach

Experience the industrial culture on the Aabach with your smartphone: the IndustriekulTOUR Aabach is the first virtual museum space in the canton of Aargau. The digital offering is available in German. Start an exciting tour along the Aabach in Lenzburg, Wildegg and Niederlenz with your smartphone and experience the industrial history of the canton of Aargau at the original locations. Download the app now App Store (iPhone, iPad und iPod Google Play Store (Android) A cooperative project IndustriekulTOUR Aabach is a cooperation between Museum Aargau, the Museum Burghalde and the Verein Industriekultur

Wildegg Castle

Museum forest

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wildegg-castle/event/museum-forest

Museum forest Price Entrance free Location The museum forest is located above the playground near Wildegg Castle. 0 Forest use in the 18th and early 19th centuries The museum forest at Wildegg Castle shows how forests were used in the 18th and early 19th centuries: as a larder, source of wood, grazing land and hunting ground. At the heart of the museum forest is the wood pasture. In early and late summer, goats graze here, just as they did 200 years ago. Guided tours and workshops bring this historical use of the forest to life and shed light on the highly topical issues of biodiversity and

Wettingen Abbey

Observatory

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/observatory

Permanent exhibition Admission Museum entrance fee Take a journey through the history of knowledge and belief At the Observatory, take a journey through the history of knowledge and belief in a cinematic installation. Together with a group of pupils from Wettingen Cantonal School, you will visit places that tell this story: from the earliest known cave paintings to the vastness of the World Wide Web. On this journey, you will discover how the monks of the Cistercian abbey understood knowledge in the Middle Ages – and how the expulsion of the monks from the abbey in 1841 was linked to new concepts

Wettingen Abbey

Medicinal garden

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/medicinal-garden

Admission Free of charge Tradition of monastic healing Today, medicinal herbs, spices, flowers and also certain vegetables grow in the medicinal garden of Wettingen Abbey. The garden showcases the long tradition of monastic medicine. The original location and design of the medicinal garden are not known in detail. It is assumed that, as in comparable abbey complexes, the Wettingen garden was located by the infirmary wing. The garden has been reconstructed at this location, based on the Hortulus book on gardening by the Reichenau abbot Walahfrid Strabo and the St. Gallen abbey plan from the 9th

Wettingen Abbey

Cloister garden

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/cloister-garden

Admission Museum entrance fee Idyllic garden in the heart of the abbey complex Experience a special monastic atmosphere in the cloister garden of Wettingen Abbey: the idyllic garden with its meadow, yew tree, water basin and path is located within the abbey walls and surrounded by the cloister quadrangle. Throughout the ages, the cloister garden was designed as a spiritual garden with a central solitary tree. In monastic culture, the tree is reminiscent of the forbidden tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. On the other hand, it stands for life, as a symbol of Christ and the cross. Today's

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Directions to Vindonissa Legionary Trail

Address

Legionärspfad Vindonissa – Museum Aargau
Königsfelderstrasse 265
5210 Windisch
Tel. 0848 871 200
Contact

Arrival by public transport and car

Arriving by train and bus

The Vindonissa Legionary Trail is well served by public transport. For events especially, we recommend travelling by train and bus.

From Brugg railway station, take bus lines 364 and 366 (towards Birr railway station, "Windisch, Gemeindehaus" stop) or lines 361, 362, 363 (towards Mellingen Heitersberg, "Windisch Zentrum" stop) to the Legionary Trail (Königsfelden Abbey barn / Legionary Trail visitor centre). The journey time is 2–3 minutes.
You can also reach the visitor centre on foot from Brugg station. The route from the station is signposted. The walk takes about 15 minutes.

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Arriving by car

The Vindonissa Legionary Trail can be reached via the A3 motorway (Brugg exit). From here the expressway leads to Windisch (approx. 10 minutes).

Calculate route with Google Maps

Parking

Paid parking spaces are available at the Campus car park near Bahnhofstrasse. From there it is about 10 minutes to the Vindonissa Legionary Trail.

There are no official parking spaces for people with reduced mobility on the Legionary Trail site. People with reduced mobility can park on the premises of Königsfelden Psychiatric Services.

From there it is a 4-minute walk to the Legionary Trail visitor centre (Königsfelden Abbey barn). The path is level.

Coach parking

Two coach parking spaces are available on the premises of Königsfelden Psychiatric Services (at the Villa Rägebogen day-care centre). They are located directly adjacent to the Legionary Trail (visitor centre / Abbey barn).

Groups are recommended to inform the Museum Aargau advice & sales team when arriving by coach so that parking can be guaranteed.

Opening hours & entrance fees
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Accessibility

Roman Garden of Vindonissa

Quiz Tour

AKTUELL display

Permanent exhibition on Vindonissa

Permanent exhibition

IndustriekulTour Aabach – Histoire industrielle virtuelle

Museum forest

Observatory

Medicinal garden

Cloister garden

Getting here