Museums

The Museo Forte Ospizio displays weapons, armor and uniforms. Videos and audio tapes document daily life, military service and battles during World War I.

First branch on foreign soil of the "Musée en Herbe", Paris, which, for the last 25 years, has been organising didactic exhibitions on art and ethics for children.

Swissminiatur shows you the most picturesque features of Switzerland - towns, villages, monuments, transportation, all at a scale of 1:25.

The fossil fauna is composed, above all, of fish, invertebrates and reptiles - for the most part marine animals whose length, in some cases, extends to six meters.

Notable works by artists from the 17th to the 20th century in Ticino.

The patrician Villa dei Cedri from the year 1890, which was expanded in 1920 by an annex, is in itself a monument erected to North Italian neo-Classical architecture. Since 1985 it has been the fascinating venue for changing exhibitions and home to the City of Bellinzona's Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art.

The Pinacoteca Casa Rusca is located in a restored building from the 18th century and was inaugurated in 1987. It is home to Locarno's art collections, which are displayed in temporary exhibitions.

The municipal museum for modern art is to be found on Via Borgoin in a beautiful building from the late 16th century . It features, besides tempary exhibits, an important selection of the community's permament art collection and is the seat of two foundations: the foundations of Marianne Werefkin as well as Richard and Uli Seewald.

Up until now, Villa Ciani has served as headquarters of the City's Fine Arts Collection and to all the exhibitions connected to it, whereas in future, with the prospect of turning it into a historical museum, the villa will also host temporary historical exhibitions.

Since 5 March, the “Museo d’Arte Moderna” has been renamed the “Museo d’Arte”. The new focus seeks to combine the fine arts’ exhibition programme with the activities associated with the appreciation of Lugano’s artistic heritage.