This museum is located within the former Benedictine monastery of Allerheilgen. We visited this…read moreduring the recent MuseumNacht 2012 event. Walking through the museum is a unique experience, in that they have done an amazing job of mixing several different types of museum into one. You get to experience the history of the monastery, the Schaffhasuen area, fossils found within Switzerland, and art (just to name a few of the highlights). This museum is much larger than it appears on the outside. Very well done. The museum is done 100% in German, but they provide books with some translations in French and English. However, not everything is translated. Only the key important exhibits are translated in the book.

Very interesting museum. Everything in German, but one can ask for an English translation book,…read morewhich has most of the important information in English. At the time I visited, the three main (permanent?) themes were the history of the industry of Schaffhausen, religion and pre-historic things. The (temporary?) theme was South American pre-history, which was small, but a nice added touch. The personnel were friendly.