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Museum of Art and History in Geneva

Geneva, Rue Charles-Galland, 2

Museums of Switzerland The Museum of Art and History in Geneva is considered the largest in Switzerland. In his collection over 650 thousand exhibits - from paintings of famous artists to sculptures, musical instruments and archeological artifacts.

Kunsthaus Museum

Zurich, Hirschengraben, 2

Museums of Switzerland In Zurich, three dozen museums, but if you choose what to visit, without hesitation, go to Kunsthaus. Behind this is a little familiar, and for someone, perhaps, a repulsive name (the museum is consonant with the Kunstkammer in St. Petersburg), the largest museum of fine arts in Switzerland hides.

Paul Klee Museum

Bern, Monument im Fruchtland 3

Museums of Switzerland German-Swiss artist Paul Klee spent more than half his life in Switzerland, where he created most of his paintings. The artist's artistic heritage includes more than nine thousand paintings, of which about four thousand are kept in his museum in Bern.

Swiss Transport Museum

Luzern, Lidostrasse 5

Museums of Switzerland The best in Europe, and perhaps the world over, the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne is a living example of the fact that even such a generally boring theme, like transport, with literate pitching can be incredibly exciting.

Swiss National Museum

Zurich, Museumstrasse, 2

Museums of Switzerland Another attraction of Zurich from the category of must-see is the Swiss National Museum. It is located in the center of the city and occupies two floors of a huge castle. Having visited the museum, you will get acquainted with the history of the emergence of Switzerland, we can say, from antiquity to our days.

Anatomical Museum of the University of Basel

Basel, Pestalozzistrasse, 20

Museums of Switzerland The anatomical museum of the University of Basel is not the most popular among tourists, but, undoubtedly, a very fascinating museum. In its walls are not only professional medics, but also ordinary curious visitors. Cognitive hike in the anatomical museum will be for the younger generation.

The Einstein House Museum in Bern

Bern, Kramgasse 49

Museums of Switzerland The author of the theory of relativity and the actual father-founder of modern physics, a modest employee of the patent office Albert Einstein lived for two years on the street Kramgasse in the Swiss capital. Of course, they could not ignore this outstanding fact of the Bernese.

Montebello Castle

Salita al castello di Montebello 5, 6500 Bellinzona

Museums of Switzerland The Montebello Castle is part of the Bellinzona fortress system. The terrain did not give the inhabitants of the castle a natural protection, so the castle is surrounded by a deep moat. Now the castle houses the historical and archaeological museums.

The Basel Historical Museum

Basel, Barfusserplatz, 4

Museums of Switzerland The Basel Historical Museum is considered one of the largest and most significant museums in the country. It is no accident that he is on the list of objects of cultural heritage of national importance and is under state protection. The exhibits are housed in the Gothic Franciscan church of the late 8th century.

The Historical Museum in Bern

Bern, Helvetiaplatz 5

Museums of Switzerland The vast collection of artifacts from the Stone Age to the modern history of Switzerland, the Bern Historical Museum is rightfully considered one of the best similar collections in Europe. Among the masterpieces of his exposition are the Burgundian tapestries, church utensils of the 14th and 15th centuries.

Museum of Natural History in Bern

Bern, Bernastrasse, 15

Museums of Switzerland The Museum of Natural History is one of the most interesting museums of the Swiss capital and the most important of the natural science museums in all of Switzerland. The museum annually receives about 100 thousand visitors and closely collaborates in its research and educational programs with the University of Bern.

Jean Tangli Museum

Basel, Paul Sacher-Anlage, 1

Museums of Switzerland In the melancholic park of Solitude on the very bank of the Rhine, there is an unusual building made of pink sandstone and with a metallic composition on the roof. This is the personal museum of Jean Tangli, a famous Swiss sculptor-innovator and a follower of the direction of kinetic art.

The Bern Museum of Fine Arts

Bern, Hodlerstrasse, 8-12

Museums of Switzerland The Bern Art Museum or the Museum of Fine Arts is the oldest museum in Switzerland. The cornerstone of the state collection of art was laid in the early 19th century, when several clay copies of antique sculptures were bought for the Berne Art School.

Museum of Communication in Bern

Bern, Helvetiastrasse 16

Museums of Switzerland Among the Swiss museums, the Museum of Communications in Bern is easily distinguished, devoted to the most diverse ways of communication. An inquisitive visitor can get here an exhaustive information about everything concerning communications, from the very beginning and ending with modern ways of transmitting messages.

The Richard Wagner Museum in Lucerne

Luzern, Richard-Wagner-Weg 27

Museums of Switzerland Located in a house where Richard Wagner lived for six years, the museum of the composer includes several expositions, from which one can learn about the life and work of a genius, get acquainted with rare paintings and archival records.

Museum of the Beyeler Foundation

Basel, Baselstrasse, 101

Museums of Switzerland In one of the suburbs of Basel, Rijen, is the private museum of the Beyeler Foundation. He invariably enters all the routes of tourist walks in Basel, and every year almost 400 thousand people come to admire masterpieces of fine art.

Museum of the Swiss Alps

Bern, Helvetiaplatz, 4

Museums of Switzerland The museum was founded in 1905 by the Bern branch of the Swiss Alpine Club and moved to its current location on Helvetiaplatz in 1933. The building was built by the architects Clauser and Straight in the architectural style of the new objectivity and stands directly opposite the Kunsthalle gallery that is across the road.

The Glacier Garden in Lucerne

Luzern, Denkmalstrasse 4

Museums of Switzerland "Without visiting the Glacier Garden, you do not have the right to leave Lucerne," the Swiss Tourism Office insists, and believe it has every reason. The glacier garden is dedicated to the geological history of Lucerne and the surrounding area.

Collection of the Emil Burle Foundation

Zurich, Zollikerstrasse, 172

Museums of Switzerland A small museum with a unique collection of world masterpieces - first of all, paintings. This private collection can compete with the greatest museums in the world in terms of the "assortment" of the authors presented here.

Musegg Wall

Museggmauer, Luzern

Museums of Switzerland Part of the ancient fortifications of Lucerne, the wall of Musegg stretches for almost 900 meters, during which nine interesting towers are located, four of which are open to visitors. The uniqueness of Musegg is that there are no such structures in other cities of Switzerland.

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The largest number of the most popular museums is concentrated in the major cities: Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Bern. Despite the fact that the capital of Switzerland is the city of Bern, the largest museums of great interest to the world public are in Geneva and Zurich. In Bern itself it is worth looking into the Swiss Rifle Museum, the Alpine Museum, the Art Museum.

Among the most popular museums in Geneva are the Patek Philippe watch museum with unique specimens, the Museum of Contemporary Art MAMCO with a huge collection of paintings, installations and sculptures, the Microcosm Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts and History with prehistoric relics, the International Museum of the Red Cross.

And here are the museums that can be found in Zurich: the Paleontological Museum, the Beyer's Watch Museum, the Johann Jacobs Museum (otherwise the Coffee Culture Museum). In the small town of Caslano, near Lugano, there is the Alprose Chocolate Museum, where you can taste the real Swiss chocolate.

The average ticket price is 12-14 francs. Museums of Switzerland operate every day, except Monday, from 10.00 to 17.00 (on Thursdays - until 20.00).