"The cradle of the confederation" Chamber of the Swiss national Council by Charles Giron (1859-1914), 1901.
Photograph: www.parlament.ch.

Swiss Culture and History in European perspective

Museums and art galleries

The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.

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Absinthe House

Switzerland / Môtiers

The museum (maison de l’absinthe) offers insight into the history and production of the alcoholic beverage absinthe, banned in 1910, only since 2005 legally permitted again.

Aboriginal Art Museum

Switzerland / Môtiers

The museum “la Grange” is dedicated to Australian Aboriginal art and is the only museum of its kind in Europe. The collections come from the Burkhardt-Felder Foundation Art and Culture and are exhibited in a beautiful 18th century castle.  

Sculpture Park Bernhard Luginbühl

Switzerland / Mötschwil

The works by Bernhard Luginbühl (1929-2011) featured a variety of materials, including iron, bones, wood and even weapons and industrial waste. A park in Bern showcases about 60 of his enormous rusty creations, including animal figures. In addition to sculpture, Luginbühl also produced graphic design, lyric poetry and more fleeting works such as burning things in … Read more » “Sculpture Park Bernhard Luginbühl”

Eugène Burnand Museum

Switzerland / Moudon

The museum shows the works by the portraitist and naturalist painter Eugène Burnand (1850-1921).