Responsible body of the museum is the Stiftung für schweizerische Naive Kunst und Art Brut (Foundation for Swiss Naive Art and Art Brut). Foundation and museum were founded on 1 February 1988 by the collector couples Erna (1907–1995) and Curt Burgauer (1908–2002), Wilhelmina and Josef John as well as Simone and Peter Schaufelberger-Breguet. Their development was pursued on a purely volunteer basis for twenty years, with Simone Schaufelberger serving as head of the museum and Peter Schaufelberger as president of the foundation. The museum team and the foundation council work on a volunteer basis too.
Museum im Lagerhaus_Aussenansicht
Since 2008 museum and foundation have been headed by the lawyer and former member of the St Gallen town council Dr Peter Schorer as president of the foundation board, and the art historian Dr Monika Jagfeld as head of the museum.
Foundation and museum dedicate themselves to increasing awareness and understanding of the different aspects of Outsider Art.

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SA, SO, Feiertage 12–17h