The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The museum (Musée de l’Hôtel-Dieu) in a baroque building from the eighteenth century exhibits the history and culture of the Jura region. It used to be a hospital and the ancient pharmacy is on display as well. Other items include among others Gothic and Baroque art, a collection photographs, books and other manuscripts. The building … Read more » “Historical Museum Porrentruy”
The collection includes nearly 130,000 specimens: palaeontological, mineralogical, zoological, botanical and mycological collections and a botanical garden. The Botanical Garden was created more than two centuries ago and is the second oldest botanical garden in Switzerland, after Basel. It shows the vegetation of the Jura, the park with trees (the Arboleum) and the collections of … Read more » “Jurassica”
The foundation in Villa Pia shows the works of the artist Erich Lindenberg (1938-2006). oils on canvas, pastels, drawings, watercolours and photographs.
The museum (Museo Poschiavino) has two seats. One in the baroque palace (1655) of Bassus-Mengotti and the other in the medieval farmer house Casa Tomé. The palace shows the Etruscian and ethnographic collection. The Casa Tomé exhibits local crafts and objects.