The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The museum (Fotomuseum) has and shows a collection of contemporary photography from 1960 to the present, including colour and black-and-white photographs and a (growing) collection of analogue and digital moving images. The museum also organises exhibitions, publications and events.
The collection begins chronologically with Renaissance works by Lucas Cranach the Elder and an unknown master of the Holy Blood active around 1520 in Bruges. At the forefront is Dutch and Flemish Baroque painting. The Dutch “Golden Age” is represented with all its principle genres. historical paintings by Pieter Lastman, portraits by Ferdinand Bol, landscapes … Read more » “Museum Briner und Kern”
The museum, housed in Villa Lindengut (1780), presents the history of Winterthur from the Romans until the modern time. The collection also includes medieval and baroque furniture, paintings, books, silversmithery and other works of art. The history of the city is told by a presentation of its habitants and economic, political, religious and cultural development. … Read more » “Historical Museum Lindengut”
The castle was mentioned for the first time in 1241 as property of the Count of Kyburg. The Habsburger became the new owners in 1273, followed in 1363 by the Lords of Goldenberg and finally the city of Winterthur in 1598. The castle is a museum nowadays, presenting the history and culture of the castle … Read more » “Mörsburg Castle”
The Kunsthalle annually presents five to six temporary exhibitions of contemporary art, including international positions as well as those of artists from Winterthur.
The museum (Kunst Museum Winterthur) is located at three different buildings: Beim Stadthaus, Reinhart am Stadtgarten and Villa Flora. The collection holds a large collection of Modern and contemporary art and works by early Romanticism and Realism artists. The collection also shows masterpieces from the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age, a selection of (Italian) portrait … Read more » “Museum of Art Winterthur”
The museum (Gewerbemuseum) deals with the intersection of art, crafts, design and industrial production. Through a programme of changing exhibitions and events, the Museum features all facets of design from artistic objects to everyday utensils. The Museum gives insight into the history and theory of objects and materials, and it introduces new and traditional technologies … Read more » “Applied Arts Museum”
The museum (Uhrenmuseum Winterthur) presents two permanent collections of international repute: the Konrad Kellenberger Clock and Watch Collection and the Oscar Schwank Watch Collection. They are augmented by other pieces and temporary exhibitions.The multimedia exhibitions feature antique timepieces dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries.
The Collection Oskar Reinhart « Am Römerholz » comprises two main groups, which originally corresponded to the two architectural components of his residence. On the one hand, there are the Old Master paintings, displayed in the villa of 1915 and there are the works of French Impressionism and its immediate forerunners, which form the main … Read more » “Collection Oskar Reinhart Am Römerholz”
The foundation (Fotostiftung Schweiz) preserves, collects and presents mainly Swiss photography of the twentieth en twenty-first centuries. The foundation also organises exhibitions, issues publications on the history of Swiss photography.