List of museums in Switzerland
This list contains Swiss museums sorted by location. According to the museum statistics of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), the 1111 Swiss museums recorded over 12 million admissions in 2015.
A.
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Aarau
- Aargauer Kunsthaus
- Forum Schlossplatz in the Haus zum Schlossgarten
- City museum in the Schlössli
- Naturama
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Aarburg
- Aarburg Local History Museum
- Aathal sea trenches
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Aristocratic cause
- Fire Brigade Museum
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Aeugstertal
- Pegasus Small World Toy Museum
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Agno TI
- Museo della ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa
- Museo Plebano with artifacts from the Anerubda culture
- Aigle VD
- Airolo
- Albertswil - Willisau
- Altdorf UR
- Altenrhein SG
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Altstätten
- Historisches Museum Prestegg ( Museum Prestegg on Commons)
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Amriswil
- Log house
- Carriage collection
- Local museum
- Mühlebach School Museum
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Andermatt
- Talmuseum Urseren (also: Talmuseum Ursern)
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Appenzell
- Ziegelhütte art gallery
- Art Museum Appenzell (formerly Museum Liner Appenzell)
- Museum in the Blue House
- Museum liner
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Arbon
- historical Museum
- Art gallery Arbon
- Saurer Museum
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Arlesheim
- Forum Würth Arlesheim
- Trotte local museum
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Ascona
- Museo Castello San Materno - Fondazione per la cultura Kurt e Barbara Alten
- Museo communale d'arte moderna Ascona
- Fondazione Ignaz e Mischa Epper (also: Museo Epper) with works by Ignaz Epper (1892–1969)
- Percorso museale of Monte Verità
- Au ZH
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Aubonne VD
- Musée du bois (Arboretum)
- Auenstein AG
- Augst
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Avenches
- Musée Romain in the district of the ancient city of Aventicum
B.
- Baden AG
- Ballenberg
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Basel
- see main article: Basel museums
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Bergün
- Albula Railway Museum
- Local museum - with model railroad layout for the Albula Railway , educational trail directly on the original route
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Bern
- Swiss Alpine Museum
- Einsteinhaus Bern
- Salvation Army Museum
- Historical Museum Bern
- Museum for Communication Bern (Postal Museum)
- Kunsthalle Bern
- Art Museum Bern
- Swiss Literary Archives in the Swiss National Library
- Natural History Museum Bern
- Paul Klee Center
- Psychiatry Museum (Bern)
- Swiss Rifle Museum Bern
- Swiss theater collection
- Bern School Museum in Köniz
- Beromünster
- Biel / Bienne
- Boudry
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Brugg
- Vindonissa Museum of the Pro Vindonissa Society
- Brugg local history museum
- Stäbli-Stübli in the local museum
- Bubikon
- Burgdorf
C.
- Chiasso
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Chur
- Bündner Art Museum
- Bündner Naturmuseum
- Rhaetian Museum
- Kulturforum Würth Chur
- Chur Wine Museum
- Sewing machine museum
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Cologny
- Bibliotheca Bodmeriana Fondation Martin Bodmer
- Corsier-sur-Vevey
D.
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Davos
- Kirchner Museum Davos
- Local museum
- Toy museum
- Winter sports museum
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Degersheim
- Dreamfactory (magic worlds)
E.
- Engelberg
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Erstfeld
- Historical Heritage Foundation of the SBB (Railway Museum)
- Estavayer-le-Lac
F.
- Flims
- Frauenfeld
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Freiburg im Üechtland / Friborg
- Natural History Museum Freiburg ( Musée d'histoire naturelle Friborg )
- Espace Jean Tinguely Niki de Saint Phalle
- Museum of Art and History Freiburg ( Musée d'art et d'histoire Friborg )
- Fri Art - Center d'art contemporain , Kunsthalle Freiburg
- Musée Suisse de la marionette
- Musée Suisse de la machine à coudre
- Gutenberg Museum
- Musée Bible et Orient of the University of Miséricorde
G
- Gelfingen
- Geneva
- Glarus
- Grenchen
- Gruyère FR
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Grindelwald
- Local museum
H
- Hold
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Horgen
- Agent house, living and porcelain museum
- Käpfnach Mine Museum and visitor mine
- Local museum Sust
- Visitor center and museum Sihlwald
I.
- Ilanz
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Interlaken
- Tourismuseum (formerly the tourist museum for the Jungfrau region )
J
K
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Kreuzlingen
- Museum Rosenegg (town history)
- Maritime Museum (shipping, fishing, etc.)
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Kriens
- Swiss Chess Museum
- Museum in the Bellpark
- Military museum
- Küsnacht (ZH)
L.
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Langenbruck
- Sculpture at Schoenthal Foundation, in Schönthal Abbey
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Langenthal
- Langenthal Museum
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Langnau in the Emmental
- Chüechlihus, local history museum for the Upper Emmental
- La Tour-de-Peilz
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Lausanne
- Collection de l'art brut
- Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne
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Lenzburg
- Stapferhaus Lenzburg
- Lenzburg Castle
- Museum Burghalde Lenzburg
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Liestal
- Museum.BL
- Poet and City Museum Liestal
- Harmonium Museum
- To the colorful S
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Lugano
- Museo d'arte moderna
- Museo delle Culture
- Swiss Customs Museum
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Lucerne
- Lucerne Art Museum
- Lucerne Nature Museum
- Rosengart Collection
- Swiss Museum of Transport
- Richard Wagner Museum Tribschen
- Lucerne Glacier Garden with Lion Monument
- Historical Museum Lucerne
M.
- Melide
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Mendrisio
- Galleria Baumgartner ( model railways )
- Museo d'arte (art museum)
- Meride
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Morges
- Vaud Military Museum Morges (Musée militaire vaudois)
- Möriken-Wildegg
- Munchenstein
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Murten
- Museum Murten
- Railway and Collectors Museum in Courlevon
- Muttenz
N
O
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Olten
- Historical Museum Olten
- Art Museum Olten
- Olten Nature Museum
- World of securities
- Archaeological Museum Canton Solothurn
P
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Pfäffikon SZ
- Seedamm cultural center
R.
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Rapperswil-Jona
- Old factory - curator
- Art (stuff) house
- Jona local museum
- Poland Museum in Rapperswil
- Rapperswil City Museum
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Romont
- Vitromusée Romont (Museum of Stained Glass)
S.
- Sachseln
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Sainte-Croix
- Musée Baud SA
- CIMA museum
- Musée des Arts et des Sciences
- Sarnen
- Schaffhausen
- Schleitheim
- Schwyz
- Seengen
- Seewen
- Sempach
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Sissach
- Executioner's Museum
- Solothurn
- Spiez
- Stäfa
- Stone at the Rhein
- St. Gallen
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St. Moritz
- Engadine Museum
- Mili Weber House , "Fairytale House " by Mili Weber
- Segantini Museum
- Berry Museum
- St. Niklaus
- Stans
- Stansstad
- Hours (BE)
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Steffisburg
- Villa Schüpbach
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Sursee
- Museum of the Swiss Capuchin Province
- City Museum Sankturbanhof
T
- Teufen AR
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Turbenthal
- Turbenthal local museum
- Tuna
V
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Vevey
- Alimentarium - Museum of Nutrition
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Vaz / Obervaz
- Local museum Obervaz / Museum local Vaz (in Zorten )
W.
- Waedenswil
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Wallisellen
- Wallisellen local museum
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Wartau
- Artillery fortress Magletsch
- Vaud Military Museum, Morges
- Warth, Canton of Thurgau
- Windisch
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Winterthur
- Winterthur Photo Museum
- Photo Foundation Switzerland
- Center for Photography
- Winterthur Trade Museum
- Winterthur Art Museum
- Winterthur Nature Museum
- Museum Oskar Reinhart
- Oskar Reinhart Collection "Am Römerholz"
- Technorama - Technical Museum of Switzerland (a Science Center )
- Villa Flora (Winterthur) - French painting of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Coin cabinet and antique collection of the city of Winterthur
- International Tree Archive
- Museum Briner and Kern
- Kellenberger clock collection
- Kunsthalle Winterthur
- Lindengut Museum
- Hegi Castle
- Mörsburg Castle , Winterthur- Stadel
- Historical archive of the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Factory (SLM)
Z
- Zermatt
- Zernez
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Zofingen
- museum
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train
- Cantonal Museum of Prehistory
- Zug Castle - Museum of the cultural history of the city and canton of Zug
- Kunsthaus Zug
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Zurich
- see main article: Zurich museums
See also
- List of car museums in Switzerland
- Musée imaginaire des migrations , virtual museum