Museums, Galleries and Monuments in Switzerland

Museums and Monuments

H R Giger Gallery in Gruyeres

The towns and regions of Switzerland have all sorts of museums and monuments for the visitor. In fact, there are around 700 museums and art galleries in the country, from internationally acclaimed art collections and to small specialized museums catering to a wide range of interests. In Gruyères, the creator of the “Alien” movies, H.R. Giger, has a museum gallery devoted to his work. And there are lots of medieval castles and magnificent houses open for a look around, not to mention churches and monasteries.

Here’s a list of Swiss museums in Wikipedia, and this includes the outdoor exhibitions at Ballenberg:

• Ballenberg, Brienz
• Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny
• Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
• Historical Museum Basel
• Historical Museum of Bern
• International Red Cross Museum, Geneva
• Laténium, Neuchâtel
• Matterhorn Museum, Zermatt
• Musée Chappuis-Fähndrich, Develier
• Natural History Museum of Basel
• Natural History Museum of Geneva
• Olympic Museum, Lausanne
• Rainer Maria Rilke Foundation, Sierre
• Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel
• Swiss National Museum, Zürich
• Swiss Transport Museum, Lucerne
• Kunstmuseum Thun
• Kunsthaus Zürich
• Kunstmuseum Winterthur

Latest news and events on the Swiss Art scene: http://www.swissart.net/e/news/index.php3

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