Lugano
A day dedicated to art in Lugano
Lugano Strolling from the city centre along the lakeshore, your day in the world of art may begin with a visit to Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana at the Arts centre LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura.
The Museum offers an intense programme of exhibitions on contemporary and Twentieth century art. Right next to the LAC, also visit "Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiatid" devoted to the art collections of the 20th and 21st centuries of art collectors such as Giancarlo and Danna Olgiati. Continue your visit at the Gianluigi Giudici Gallery of Plaster Casts and finally visit the Gabriele and Anna Braglia Foundation.
The ideal program:
Observations
Excursion for everyone
Morning
- Visit Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI) inside its main site at LAC
- Visit "Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati"
Afternoon
- Visit Gipsoteca Gianluigi Giudici
- Visit Fondazione Gabriele e Anna Braglia
- Visit to the several different Art Galleries of the Region
Not to be missed
- Palazzo Reali – MASI second site (re-opening in early 2019)
- Fondazione Lindenberg – Villa Pia (Porza)
- MUSEC Museo delle Culture
- Museo Mario Bernasconi (Pazzallo)
- Museo Hermann Hesse (Montagnola)
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Contact
Lugano Region tourist office
Piazza della Riforma
6900 Lugano
+41 58 220 65 00
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Opening
Open all year
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Related activities
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Lugano
Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati
The exhibition hosts contemporary artworks belonging to the deposit granted to the City of Lugano by the collectors Giancarlo and Danna Olgiati.
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Lugano
Gipsoteca Gianluigi Giudici
The GYPSOTHEQUE GIANLUIGI GIUDICI is a museum that has been conceived, promoted and created by the RENATO AND GIANLUIGI GIUDICI FOUNDATION.
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Lugano
Fondazione Gabriele e Anna Braglia
The Foundation aims to advance art and cultural education.
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Lugano
Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano - sede LAC
The MASI Lugano born by the merging between the Museo Cantonale d’Arte and the Museo d’Arte. In LAC the exhibitions focus on modern and contemporary art.
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Porza
Fondazione d'Arte Erich Lindenberg - Museum Villa Pia
The Museum Villa Pia in Porza, created by the "Fondazione d'Arte Erich Lindenberg" costituted in 2008 by Mareen Koch, has as mission the conservation and promotion of the German painter Lindenberg (Gronau 1938 - Berlin 2006).
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Pazzallo
The Mario Bernasconi Museum
Museum and house of birth with a collection of artwork by sculptor Mario Bernasconi (1899 – 1963) and his wife, the painter Irma Bernasconi Pannes (1902 – 1971). The house of birth exhibits the artwork of the Twenties with drawings, stories, photographs and personal objects from the sculptor.
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Montagnola
The Hermann Hesse Museum
The Museum hosts precious evidence of Hermann Hesse’s last 43 years in Montagnola up until his death.
