Museums
Museums of Switzerland
1,117 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Local museum247museums
Art museum192museums
Technology museum60museums
Science museum52museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
2Museum of Art and History Geneva
Geneva, Geneva
Art museum · 1910
110k visitors6 famous works
5Swiss Museum of Transport
Lucerne, Lucerne
Automobile museum · 1959
563k visitors1 famous works
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6Zentrum Paul Klee
Ostermundigen, Bern
Art museum · 2005
149k visitors1 famous works
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7Natural History Museum of Geneva
Geneva, Geneva
Science museum · 1794
314k visitors
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10MASI Lugano
Sorengo, Ticino
2015
63k visitors2 famous works
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12Kunstmuseum Bern
Bern, Bern
Art museum · 1817
6 famous works
13Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection
Zollikon, Zurich
Art museum · 1960
12 famous works
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14National Museum Zurich
Zurich, Zurich
Military museum · 1898
389k visitors2 famous works
15Museum collection Am Römerholz
Winterthur, Zurich
Art museum
9 famous works
17Museum of Art and History, Fribourg
Fribourg, Fribourg
Art museum
36k visitors
18Enter Technikwelt Solothurn
Derendingen, Solothurn
Computer museum · 2023
40k visitors
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19Kirchner Museum Davos
Davos, Grisons
Art museum · 1982
5 famous works
20Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts
Lausanne, Vaud
Art museum · 1841
4 famous works
22Maison Tavel (collection)
Geneva, Geneva
Local museum · 1986
78k visitors2 famous works
24Basel Historical Museum
Basel, Basel-City
Technology museum · 1894
1 famous works
26Museum Langmatt Sidney and Jenny Brown Foundation
Baden, Aargau
Art museum · 1990
3 famous works
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27International Museum of the Reformation
Geneva, Geneva
2005
30k visitors1 famous works
29Swiss Science Center Technorama
Elsau-Räterschen, Zurich
Science center · 1982
1 famous works
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30Lake Geneva Museum
Nyon, Vaud
Natural history museum · 1954
22k visitors
31Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection
Basel, Basel-City
Art museum · 1961
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34Natural History Museum of Bern
Bern, Bern
Science museum · 1832
1 famous works
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35Geneva Ethnography Museum
Geneva, Geneva
Ethnographic museum · 1901
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43Polish Museum
Rapperswil, Saint Gallen
History museum · 1870
53Pharmaziemuseum Universität Basel
Basel, Basel-City
Science museum · 1925
54Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum
Basel, Basel-City
Music museum · 2000
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58Swiss Film Archive
Lausanne, Vaud
Cinematheque · 1948
59Air Force and Air Defense Museum
Dübendorf, Zurich
Technology museum · 1978
1 famous works
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Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Local museum | 247 |
| Art museum | 192 |
| Technology museum | 60 |
| Science museum | 52 |
| History museum | 52 |
| Art museum | 15 |
| Archaeological museum | 12 |
| Nature center | 8 |
| Heritage railway | 7 |
| Military museum | 7 |
| Ethnographic museum | 7 |
| City museum | 5 |
| Railway museum | 5 |
| Visitor center | 5 |