The Museum Burg Zug offers an insight into the diverse cultural history of Zug town and canton with examples of ecclesiastical and profane art, the domestic culture of the bourgeoisie as well as skilled trade and craftsmanship.

In Catholic Zug, religious art has always enjoyed high status. In the medieval, ecclesiastical art exhibition room, works of international significance are on show, such as the pre-1300 wooden cross from Unterägeri, the Gothic sepulchre from Baar and the panel-painting dated 1492 depicting the founder of St. Oswald’s church that stands next to the Burg.

Another focal point is earlier domestic culture. Bourgeois living rooms are on view, furnished with artistically decorated cupboards, chests of drawers or tables from the 17th and 18th centuries. A delightful example of the cultural influence of military service abroad is the small rococo room decorated in the style of a French salon by Lieutenant-Colonel Landtwing, who owned the Burg around 1755. Finally, the Hediger Room, which dates from the era of the last owners and is named after them, shows panelled walls and a neo-renaissance style ceiling dating from 1890.

In both the town and the canton of Zug, small industry, skilled trade and craftwork were the most significant sources of employment until far into the 20th century. The examples on display are representative of all trades: stove-manufacture by Keiser in Zug (1856-1938) - well-known even outside the canton – shoe-making from the workshop in Risch from around the 1930s and the Luthiger Chemist in Zug (1814-1987). The assemblage of original products, along with tools, equipment and furniture, offer an authentic insight into those eras.

The interactive model of the town, with light and sound effects, authentically depicts Zug in about 1730 and shows how the town had developed from the time of its foundation in the 1200s until the 1950s.