Museums in Vaud

Just 15 minutes by train from Lausanne, the second-largest art museum in the canton of Vaud, the Jenisch Vevey Museum, presents a varied programme of temporary exhibitions and a permanent collection of paintings – with works by Bocion, Courbet, Corot, Hodler, Vallotton, Picasso and Morandi – in a neoclassical setting.

Permanent exhibition about the novelist, with a unique collection of exhibits. An invitation to an extraordinary journey…

Chillon Castle is located on a rock on the banks of Lake Geneva. The water castle is the most visited historic building in Switzerland. For nearly four centuries Chillon was the residence and profitable toll station of the Counts of Savoy.

Located by Lake Geneva in Swiss Vevey, Alimentarium is the first museum in the world devoted exclusively to nutrition. A wonderful and educational vegetable garden also belongs to the museum.

A time machine in the heart of Lausanne!

The Historical Museum has the task of preserving the cultural heritage of Vevey and its surroundings. This charming museum offers a variety-filled tour on which regional themes and original collections alternate.

The cheese shop in Leysin is where traditional cheese is handmade under the "Le Leysin" label, using wood fires. The shop also acts as a small museum, presenting unique tools and equipment from a bygone alpine age.

Because games act as great mediators between generations, the Swiss Games Museum is the family museum 'par excellence'.

Fashion museum housing 5,000 pieces from the 18th century to the present, including the archives of Yverdon-born designer Robert Piguet.