Become a handicraft sponsor
Sponsor a traditional handicraft at Ballenberg for as little as CHF 10 a month: your personal contribution to the future of crafts, keeping the open-air museum alive for adults and children alike.
Traditional crafts at the Swiss Open-Air Museum and Course Centre
Ballenberg’s visitor programme includes interactive demonstrations featuring more than 30 traditional crafts. Children and adults can also try out individual tasks for themselves.
This gives them an insight into, and an understanding of, traditional crafts as well as their economic and social significance in rural industrial Switzerland. And everyone loves it when children develop a fascination for a particular craft and this is later reflected in their career choice.
Up to 80 internal and external craftspeople also make valuable products for the museum shops, the upkeep and repair of the historic buildings, and the exhibitions.
Crafts are therefore an integral part of Ballenberg’s attractive events programme. The Swiss Open-Air Museum and Course Centre make a valuable contribution to preserving traditional and endangered crafts for future generations and safeguarding a cherished piece of Switzerland’s identity.
Your craft sponsorship
As a thank-you from us, you will receive:
- a season pass pass to the Open-Air Museum
- a mention as a sponsor on info screens at the museum and on the website
- an invitation to the annual sponsors’ event
- Ballenberg patrons’ magazine
- a Ballenberg calendar
Sponsor a craft
Sponsor a traditional craft at Ballenberg for as little as CHF 10 a month: your personal contribution to the future of crafts, keeping the open-air museum alive for adults and children alike.
Sponsorship payments are used for crafts at the Swiss Open-Air Museum and make an important contribution to the substantial annual costs of materials and staff.
Their use is not tied to one individual craft.
Choose which craft you’d like to support. Once your sponsorship registration has been received, we’ll send you all your other documents by post.
Sponsors 2023
Bräker-Kaufmann Urs u. Cornelia
Dietrich Bettina
Gittermann Matthias
Grütter Andreas
Hügli-Wisler Peter und Gerda
Hürzeler-Borner Herbert
Kupferschmid Peter
Nell-Güttinger Peter
Pretterklieber Claire
Rast-Bieri Stefan
Schmid-Dalle Carbonare Martin
Schneuwly Hans
Schwab Markus
Schwab Ruth
Voegeli Fred
Voegelin-Baumann Jürg und Regina
Wyss Martin und Käthi
Zimmermann René
Zutter-Lobsiger Hélène
Ballenberg
Swiss Open-Air Museum
Museumsstrasse 100
CH-3858 Hofstetten bei Brienz
Opening hours
6 April to 29 October 2023
10 am to 5 pm daily
