Museums

The only museum in Switzerland dedicated exclusively to communication in its entire bandwidth, from body language and culture dialogue to the exchange of information using old and new media.

With approximately 4,000 pictures by Paul Klee, the famous painter, the new Zentrum Paul Klee is the largest collection of this kind worldwide.

In this, the most comprehensive transport museum in Europe, an experience-oriented show unfolds the story of the development of all forms of traffic and communication.

French paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries
are exhibited in the authentic ambience created by the museum-architects Rittmeyer & Furrer in the former private villa of the collectors Hedy and Arthur Hahnloser-Bühler.

Fotomuseum Winterthur (Photo Museum Winterthur) The Photo Museum Winterthur is the only museum of photography in the German speaking part of Switzerland. It is located in a converted factory. Photography in all its variety is presented in changing exhibitions, lectures and publications. It is a place for photography as an art form and a visual documentation of reality. Fotostiftung Schweiz (Photo Foundation Switzerland) The Fotostiftung Schweiz (Swiss Foundation for Photography) was founded in 1971 and is committed to the preservation, discovery and referral of photographic work. It takes care of an archive and a collection, which to date comprises more than 30 bequests and approximately 30,000 original prints of outstanding photographers.

Located in the heart of Zürich, the Swiss National Museum houses Switzerland’s largest collection on cultural history. The over 100-year-old building is reminiscent of a fairytale castle. On 1st August 2009, two new permanent exhibitions opened. Entitled “History of Switzerland” and “Collections Gallery,” they will offer a fascinating insight into Swiss history from its origins to the 20th century.