Culture 
Swiss museums feature outstanding paintings by the French
impressionists, from Monet to Pissarro and Renoir. The most important
concentration of such works outside of Paris is shared by seven art
museums located in the area between Basel and Winterthur. Then there is
the international clock museum at La Chaux-de-Fonds with its unique
collection of 4'000 time pieces and the museum of natural history at
Geneva, one of the most modern of its kind, with 3'500 mammals on
display.
Art, technology, natural history, ethnology and history are but
some of the themes taken up by different museums. Not to mention hotel
management and gastronomy, musical instruments, traditional costumes,
dolls and toys, frogs, horses, cats and hare... The authors
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jeremias Gotthelf, Hermann Hesse, and Thomas
Mann all have their own space dedicated to them as well.
Museums in Switzerland - Places of encounter, inspiration and culture
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980 museums... the sheer number is impressive and puts Switzerland far ahead of many other countries. The variety is quite astonishing as well, ranging from an attractive array of large museums with an international reputation, to more modest regional and local ones. In addition to the many different permanent exhibitions, there are over 400 special shows each year. Depending on the type of museum, you are invited to marvel and admire, and sometimes even to touch, try and experiment.
Did you know that the Swiss Museum Pass offers you free entrance to 400
Swiss museums? And that children are included with each adult pass?
Discover the diversity of Swiss museums. Enjoy the many treasures, curiosities, and rarities.
Discover the diversity of Swiss museums. Enjoy the many treasures, curiosities, and rarities.