Castle room with the large doll's castle by Mili Weber, in the background watercolors and oil paintings by Mili Weber
The Mili Weber Museum is idyllically situated on the edge of the forest above Lake St. Moritz. The museum is named after the artist Mili Weber (1891-1978), who lived and worked there for 60 years, during which she transformed her home into a complete work of art. The house was built in 1917 by Emil Weber, Mili Weber's brother. He was an architect and cabinetmaker, and numerous details in the interior of the house, such as carved cupboards, custom-made furniture and artfully laid stone floors, bear witness to his design and craftsmanship. During her lifetime, Mili Weber set up a foundation with the aim of running her home as a museum and making her work known and accessible to the public. The house with its inexhaustibly rich interior has been open to visitors for 40 years. The Mili Weber Museum with its small rooms and 1000 lovingly crafted details can only be visited on a guided tour. The number of participants is limited to 8 people. The guided tour is included in the admission price.
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Mili Symphony An audiovisual experience
The flowers, birds and plant elements, which are part of the house's furnishings in a variety of ways, are brought to life by means of a light show accompanied by music. Media artist Yves Kuperberg creates an audiovisual experience by combining projection mapping and music. He illuminates Mili Weber's artworks, highlighting individual elements and placing them in relation to each another.
Three rooms are reinterpreted by the light installation: In the castle room, the beam of light falls on the parlour of the doll's house, plays with the pigeons at the fountain, illuminates a woman stroking a deer under a tree and lights up the painted four-season ceiling; in the painting studio, historical images are projected onto the last, unfinished picture; in the bear room, a painted cupboard shines out of the darkness as if by magic.
This choreography of light and shadow is accompanied by Mili Weber's own songs, interpreted by Lisa May-Appenzeller. The melodious sounds radiate a natural peace. Her musical work, like her pictorial work, deals with observations of nature that reveal a great reverence for the smallest things. These are highlighted and made visible through the interplay of light arrangements and Mili Weber's compositions, as if with a magnifying glass.
Staging: Yves Kuperberg
Music:
Piano arrangement: Lisa May-Appenzeller
Voice: Deborah Fogal / Milva Eisenhut / Lisa May-Appenzeller
Piano: Peter Appenzeller
Composition: Mili Weber
– Es Liedli-Gebätli fürs Wiehnachtschindli (A little prayer song for the Christmas child, castle room)
– S'Liedli vom Obeschtärn (The little song of the evening star, painting parlour)
– Das Glöcklein im Walde (The little bell in the forest, bear room)
Film: Year of release ca. 1950s, Copyright: Dokumentationsbibliothek St. Moritz
Idea / execution: Sibylla Degiacomi / Christine Keller
Mili Weber transformed her home into a fairytale-like work of art: the artist painted furniture, walls and ceilings with flowers and twigs, birds and coltsfoot children. Mermaids and frogs enliven the bathroom. The painted organ, on which the multi-talented artist played her own compositions, takes up an entire room. The bear room is home to her teddy bears with self-sewn clothes and their own life stories. The Bear Room delves into Mili Weber's literary work and her philosophy of life, which has lost none of its topicality. Mili Weber transformed the former parlor into the so-called castle room. Here stands the room-filling doll's house with its true-to-scale wondrous interior, which Mili Weber worked on for decades. The works of Anna Haller, Mili Weber's half-sister, who was a well-known flower painter and interior decorator specializing in Art Nouveau during her lifetime, can also be admired.
Mili Weber, Children's dreams
Mili Weber, Little deer Fin
Events
Private tours
We are happy to offer private tours outside the official opening hours on request. Price: 1-2 persons CHF 80, 3 persons CHF 120, 4-8 persons CHF 160
Dining at the museum
Enjoy "Vogelheu" or an aperitif in Mili's cozy kitchen or in the idyllic garden. Inquiries by mail or phone
