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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Lugano Attractions & Activities
Address: The Herman Hess Museum, Lugano 6900
This intriguing museum, devoted to the works of writer and painter Hermann Hesse, is housed within the walls of the Tower in Casa Camuzzi, which is part of the Camuzzi House Complex in Montagnola where Hesse once resided. The collections feature examples of poetry and paintings. A biographical documentary is presented in the theater room.
Category: Museums - Lugano Attractions & Activities
Address: Piazza Manzoni, 7, Cantonal Art Museum, Lugano 6900
Painting, sculpture, and photography by such notables as Klee, Hodler, Renoir, Degas, and Turner are part of the museum's permanent collection. Displays of modern works by local and regional artists are also exhibited in this 17th century neo-baroque church. The Swiss Photography Foundation is headquartered here and features regular exhibitions of...
Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale
Category: Museums - Lugano Attractions & Activities
Address: Viale Canttaneo 4, In the Parco Civico, Lugano 6900
This Cantonal Museum of Natural History was founded in the mid-19th century. Its collections focus on the geological, mineralogical, zoological and botanical specimens native to the region.
Category: Museums - Lugano Attractions & Activities
Address: Villa Ciani, in the Parco Civico, (Municipal Fine Arts Museum), Lugano 6900
Located in the Villa Ciani, this Municipal Fine Arts Museum focuses on the works of European artists from the 15th through 20th centuries.
Category: Museums - Lugano Attractions & Activities
Address: riva Caccia, 5, Villa Malpensata, Lugano 6900
Housed in the Villa Malpensata, this modern museum of art features a permanent collection of contemporary works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The museum is also an important venue for major touring exhibitions.
Museo delle Culture Extraeuropee
Category: Museums - Lugano Attractions & Activities
Address: Via Cortivo 24, Castagnola 6976
This museum of Extra-European Cultures features displays of objects and artifacts from non-western cultures like Oceania, Indonesia, and Africa. A center for ethnographic studies and a library are also housed in the museum.
Category: Museums - Lugano Attractions & Activities
Address: Fondazione Thyssen-Bornemisza, Castagnola 6976
This impressive private art collection, which consists of more than 150 contemporary American and European masters, is housed in a 16th century mansion. The works encompass all the important movements from the era and include such artists as Winslow Homer, Giorgio de Chiruco, Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock, and Andrew Wyeth. The mansion gardens...
