Lucerne Art Museum
The Lucerne Art Museum was opened in 1933, later than the art museums in other Swiss cities. The old art house and congress center was built by the Lucerne architect and FDP National Councilor Armin Meili (1892–1981) following an architecture competition , and he personally expanded it in the 1970s.
In 1991, the existing Meili building complex between Lucerne's main train station and the lake was declared “not worthy of monument protection” and thus abandoned for demolition. In 1996 , the city of Lucerne built the Lucerne Culture and Convention Center (KKL) by Jean Nouvel at the same location .
The Lucerne Art Museum found its place in it. It opened in 2000. The entrance is on the side of the train station and the museum is on the top floor. Jean Nouvel created exhibition rooms that are very flexible in size and can be illuminated with daylight from above, they also allow views of the lake and the station square.
The collection consists primarily of Swiss art from the Renaissance to the present day . The focus is on the Dr. Walter and Alice Minnich from 1937, acquisitions thanks to the bequest of the Bernhard Eglin Foundation and well-known central Swiss artists from the 1970s, when Jean-Christophe Ammann was director of the museum.
The museum pays particular attention to creating an online catalog of all works. The museum's collection is not on permanent display, but is presented in new ways. Current artists are also presented in solo exhibitions.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 3 ′ 1 " N , 8 ° 18 ′ 43" E ; CH1903: six hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred fifty-eight / 211396