The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The permanent collection comprises nearly 650 works by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, as well as 20th-century artists from Vaud. In 1998, the collection was enriched with works by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Lorenzo Tiepolo, Henri Fantin-Latour, Edouard Vuillard, Edgar Degas, Georges Braque, and Suzanne Valadon.
The Mudac (Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains) focuses on design, applied arts and contemporary art. The Mudac is a platform for exchange between forms of artistic expression.
The Olympic Museum’s collections encompass items from around the world, spanning the period from ancient times to the present day. The collections began to take shape in 1915 and have continued to grow and develop over the years. Its permanent exhibition tells the story of the grand plan of the Baron de Coubertin, the founder … Read more » “The Olympic Museum in Lausanne”
The Palace houses the musée cantonal d’archéologie et d’histoire, the Naturéum (the cantonal museum of natural sciences (uniting the former departments of geology, zoology and botany), a monetary museum, and the library of the University of Lausanne. In 1871, Gabriel de Rumine (1841-1871), an aristocrat of Russian origin with a Lausanne mother, left 1’500’000 francs to the … Read more » “Rumine Palace, Naturéum and the musée cantonal d’archéologie et d’histoire”
The museum (Musée Historique Lausanne) presents the history of the city from the Middle Ages to the present day. The museum is located in the former bishop’s palace (Palais des Evêques), right next to the cathedral. The collection shows the development of the city from the Middle Ages by documents, historical objects, photography, graphic arts, … Read more » “Historical Museum Lausanne”
The Museum (Musée de l’Elysée) is one of the world’s leading museums entirely dedicated to photography. Since its establishment in 1985, it has improved public understanding of photography through innovative exhibitions, key publications and engaging events. Recognised as a centre of expertise in the field of conservation and enhancement of visual heritage, it holds a … Read more » “Elysée Museum”
The French artist Jean Dubuffet was the first to recognize the worth of spontaneous and non-mainstream art, which he discovered in asylums and prisons, or being created by outsiders and other one-off individuals. He called it “art brut”. Dubuffet offered the city of Lausanne 5000 pieces from his collection. They are housed at the Château … Read more » “Art Brut Museum”
L´Espace presents exhibitions organized by cantonal institutions.
The mission of the Fondation Toms Pauli is to present, preserve and document collections of ancient tapestries and ther of modern textile creations.
The collection of the museum (Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts) encompasses some some three hundred works dating from the eighteenth century to the present day. Some rooms focus on a single artist well represented in the museum’s historical collection, such as Louis Ducros, Charles Gleyre, Félix Vallotton, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, and Louis Soutter, while others showcase major … Read more » “Museum of Fine Arts Lausanne”