Museums and art galleries

The museum shows the lake dwellings and the archeology of the Stone and Bronze Age (4.000 to 850 BC) at Lake de Bienne  (Bielersee, lac de Bienne).

The location is dedicated to Heidi, the Swiss girl created by the author Johanna Spyri (1827-1901). The Heidi museum and house tell the story of Heidi and her village Heididorf.  

The atelier shows the life and person of the painter Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899). It is located in Maloja, the alpine village where he and his family lived from 1894 until his death in 1899. The small round building is located at the path leading to the Torre Belvedere and directly adjacent to Chalet Kuoni, the … Read more » “Segantini Atelier Maloja”

The museum (Ortsmuseum) shows the history of the village and the region.  

The Foundation (La Fondation Pierre Gianadda) in Martigny presents works by Klee, Goya, Rodin, Giacometti, Schiele, Lautrec, Moore, Modigliani, Claudel, Chagall, Braque, Degas, de Staël, Manet, Dufy, Miró, Gauguin, Bonnard, Kandinsky, Van Gogh, Picasso, Van Dongen, Morisot, Signac, Anker, Balthus, Erni, Renoir, Matisse and other modern artists and organises temporary exhibitions. The complex includes a … Read more » “Pierre Gianadda Foundation in Martigny”

The legendary St. Bernards dogs are the main focus of the museum (Barryland). The museum also contains art objects and items that have shaped the history of the hospice of the Great St. Bernard Pass and its dogs.        

The museum offers an overview of the geological world of Wallis.

The museum and the Maria Felchin collection Sammlung show ceramics from Matzendorf and Aedermannsdorf and is the most important collection of ceramics in Solothurn.

The Herrliberger collection in the castle and mill Maur (Burg und Mühle) includes printed Works of the Publisher David Herrliberger (1697–1777) and gives an overview of illustrated books, graphics and printing in the region Zürich from the 16th and nineteenth centuries. The museum further presents paintings, textiles and local history and culture  

The Castle, standing on a promontory above Lake Lucerne, knows a long history. Its current outlook dates from the years 1868-1870, with the Loire castle Chambord as inspiration. The chapel was built in 1886, almost a copy of the chapel of another Loire castle, the Amboise castle.