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Museum an der Augustinergasse

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Built 1844-49 by Melchior Berri (1801-54) in place of the Augustinian Monastery dating from the Middle Ages, originally a multipurpose building (accommodating a library and university institutes, assembly hall, art collection, natural science collections).

Figurative frieze by the Schaffhausen sculptor Johann Jakob Oechslin (1802-73). The staircase contains frescos by Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901), executed 1868-70.

 
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