The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The museum exhibits testimonies of cultural and historical interest, which are linked to the history of the farming and industrial village, and the culture of living around the turn of the 19th to the 20th century.
The museum shows many personal belongings, photos, books and watercolour paintings and provide the opportunity to follow the creative process of the writer Hermann Hesse (1877-1962).
The gallery (Galerie du Crochetan) organises exhibitions on photography, graphic art, sculpture and painting and organises four to five exhibitions a year.
The collection of the museum (Musée de Montreux) shows works of art from the tenth century BC to the Middle Ages and put the objects into historical perspective. The first agricultural and bronze objects and afterwards iron tools by the Helvetes (Les Helvètes) around 450 BC are put into chronological order. The Romans left mosaics, … Read more » “Historical Museum Montreux”
The castle (Château de Morges) dates from 1286 and is a fine example of the ‘carré Savoyard’, the square fortress typical of medieval Savoy. The medieval interior is almost authentic. The castle houses the Vaud Military museum, the Police museum, the Artillery museum, the museum of Historic Zinc Figurines and the Paderewski museum.
The museum shows the works by the etcher and art collector Alexis Forel (1852-1922) and his wife and painter Emmeline (1860-1957), a prestigious set of etchings by the most renowned names in Europe from the 16th through to the 19th century, European furniture, tapestries, glassworks and pottery of the 16th to the 19th centuries and … Read more » “Alexis Forel museum”
The House (Maison du Dessin de Presse) brings current, satirical and humorous drawings to the fore through exhibitions and events.
The museum highlights the presence of the Pole Ignace Paderewski (1860-1940)between 1897 and 1940 as a theme, using objects and documents, most of which are Original.
The exhibition space organises temporary exhibitions on the heritage of Morges and the region and presents a permanent collection of engravings, postcards and photographs.
The museum (maison de l’absinthe) offers insight into the history and production of the alcoholic beverage absinthe, banned in 1910, only since 2005 legally permitted again.