Leisure
Virtual Museum
Chronicles of people and machines in the first virtual museum of a Swiss paper mill.
Cham paper mill is long gone. But its history and stories are still very much present – thanks to the virtual museum created by the Cham Immobilien AG in collaboration with Chamapedia. A fabulous way to keep history alive!
The virtual museum is made up of many different modules – ‘history hotspots’ – spread across the entire site. Each of the hotspots on interpretive signs and building plaques provides information, old photos and video footage about that particular location via QR codes.
The virtual museum highlights the mill’s innovations over the past 360 years – right up to the present day – and looks to its future. The video clips and digital links to further information, films and photographs not only bring the Papieri’s industrial history back to life but allow visitors on site to visualize its development in the here and now.
The history hotspots
This interactive map shows the locations of the history hotspots. Clicking gives you access to more information.
- Maschinengasse and paper machines
- The Holländergebäude building and more machines
- The canteen – popular meeting place on the factory site
- The boiler house and energy production
- The Papieri train – a local landmark – and the factory transport system
- The river Lorze and the mill
- The service buildings and environmental protection
- Papieri's workforce and family-feel culture
- The Kalanderbau building
- The hydroelectric power plant
- The warehouse
- The engine shed
- Obermühle mill
- The porter's lodge
- The goods station
- The workshop
Chamapedia
Our virtual museum was created with the help and support of Chamapedia, which is an independent association that maintains an ever-expanding virtual encyclopedia charting the history of the town of Cham. Chamapedia is modeled on Wikipedia and contains historical facts and accounts pertaining to the area provided by verified experts and accessible to all. The association receives support from the Civic Community of Cham, the Municipality of Cham and various businesses and individuals.
Would you like a tour to find out more about historical aspects?
If so, please get in touch with Cham Tourismus, the town's tourist information office. The staff will be happy to organize a tailor-made tour for you.
Sponsors
We would like to thank our supporters for their generous help and contributions. Without them, we would not have been able to create the virtual museum.
Contributors
Project Management
Kathrin Sonderegger, Lukas Fehr
Cham Swiss Properties
Film clips
Lukas Schnurrenberger, Tobias Rothenfluh
AVP Media-Design GmbH
Content
Dr. Michael van Orsouw
www.geschichte-texte.ch
Interview recordings and video of the hydraulic power station
Victor Escobar
McKinivan Moos
Creation & Design
Vera Grönegress
Silent Studio
Coding
Karsten Zingg
Jam'on digital AG
People appearing in the video clips
Werner Anderegg, Andreas Baumgartner, Walter Bucher, Giuseppe Castelli, Beatrice Degrandi-Kretz, Thomas Fähndrich, Stefan Frey, Michael Funk, Rita Gasser, Roland Guggenbühl, Hedy Häfliger, Martha Hässig, Andreas Hauert,
Alfred Heer, Peter Herzog, Franz Hofstetter, Emin Karan, José Keller, Walter Keller, Yasar Kilic, Klaus Kranich, Hussein Mazlagic, Theo Odermatt, Michael van Orsouw, Franz Peter, Walter Scheuber, Franz Stalder, Armin Werder, Bruno Werder, Werner Wigger
we are the
papieri people
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Katharina Sonderegger
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