"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.

Select a country:

Frey-Naepflin Foundation

Switzerland / Stans

The foundation (Frey-Naepflin Stiftung) organizes the permanent exhibition of a collection of paintings collected by the couple Frey-Naepflin. The focus is primarely on Dutch, Italian, French and German painters from the 16th to the 19th centuries with works by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthonis van Dyck, Filippino Lippi, Quentin Metsys und Hans Schäuffelein.

Museum im Turmhof

Switzerland / Steckborn

The museum shows the culture and history of the Untersee region.

Hans and Marlis Suter Art Collection

Switzerland / Steffisburg

Every year in summer/autumn two exhibitions with works from the collection of Hans and Marlis Suters are on display.

Folklore Museum Appenzell

Switzerland / Stein

The focus in this museum is on the folk art, folk culture and the crafts of weaving and embroidery of the alpine farming communities of the Appenzellerland.