Museums and art galleries

The museum presents 5 000 years history of the shoe.  

The botanical garden holds nearly 4,000 alpine, medicinal, carnivorous and tropical plants.  

The human body is the main focus of the museum. The permanent and temporary exhibitions deal with important current scientific, medical and social issues relating to the human body. The museum also crosses borders to show the human body from the perspective of art, science and medicine.

The museum (Musée de l’Immigration) raises awareness of questions regarding migration and multiculturalism, but also highlight plural identities and improve cross-community dialogue. It also wishes to develop a spirit of tolerance, transmit respect for the host country and promote the integration of migrants into their new society, with a view to building bridges between the … Read more » “Immigration Museum”

The f’ar (Le forum d’architectures lausanne) aims to present architects, projects and developments in the fields of architecture, visual expression and urban culture. The forum organises exhibitions, conferences and debates in this field.

The largest freshwater aquarium in Europe is divided up into five biozones and 12 natural environments. The five biozones (Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America) are geographically dispersed and their amazing diversity is spectacular. The one point that they all have in common, however, is the fact that their ecosystems are becoming increasingly fragile.

The complex houses three museums: the Cantonal Museum of Design and Applied Contemporary Art (Musée de Design et d´Arts appliques Contemporains, MUDAC), the Museum of Art (Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA) and the Photo Museum (Musée cantonal de la photographie, Photo Élysée). The Musée d´Élysée took the opportunity to change its name to Photo Élysée. … Read more » “Plateforme 10”

The valley museum shows tourism, mountaineering, living and working and the history of the village.  

Jules Louis Audemars (1851-1918) and Edward Auguste Piguet (1853-1919) founded their watch-making company in 1875.  The museum (Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet) presents the famous Swiss manufacturer’s past, present and future. The museum links the historical house where they started in 1875 to a contemporary spiral supported by curved glazing and a steel roof, covered by … Read more » “Atelier-Museum Audemars Piguet”

The museum organises exhibitions for local artists and thematic exhibitions. The 13th century building also has many sights to offer.