"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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Museum of Art St. Gallen

Switzerland / St. Gallen

The museum (Kunstmuseum) exhibits paintings, sculptures and other works of art from late Middle Ages, to Renaissance and Baroque, including a fine collection of Dutch Masters from the Golden Age. The collection further contains painting in the nineteenth century, the so-called Appenzeller Bauernmalerei, Hodler and Fin-de-Siècle, classical modernism and contemporary compositions.  

Museum of Emptiness

Switzerland / St. Gallen

The museum (MoE) initiates projects and exhibitions.