The museum has eight exhibition rooms over four floors, a bookshop/boutique, a reading room and more than one hundred thousand original prints. Its international exhibition programme covers a multitude of photographic styles and techniques, both past and present. The aim of the museum is to acquaint the general public with the diverse fields of photography: journalism, advertising, fashion, social documentary, science and the many different forms of artistic expression.
Opening hours:
How to get there:
By car: take the motorway, exit at Lausanne Sud and follow signs for Ouchy.
By train: once you reach Lausanne railway station, walk in the direction of Ouchy for approximately 15 minutes.
By bus: take bus line number 2 in the direction of Ouchy, number 4 in the direction of Pully or number 8 in the direction of Pully Port.
Musée de l'Elysée
Lausanne
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The Elysée Museum is completely dedicated to photography.
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- Musée de l'Elysée
18, avenue de l'Elysée
1014 Lausanne
Tel. +41 (0)21 316 99 11
Fax +41 (0)21 316 99 12
info@elysee.ch - www.elysee.ch

