Museums and Cultural Spaces
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.
Montagnola
The Hermann Hesse Museum
The Museum hosts precious evidence of Hermann Hesse’s last 43 years in Montagnola up until his death.
Lugano-Castagnola
The City of Lugano Historical Archive
The Historical Archive of Lugano preserves documentary collections, photographs, engravings, books and periodicals.
Lugano
Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano - sede Palazzo Reali
In Palazzo Reali - historical site of the Museo Cantonale d’Arte - art works are presented in a range that goes from early 15th to the middle of the 20th century.
Lugano
Museo cantonale di storia naturale
The "Museo di storia naturale" is located in Lugano and is a body of the territorial Department of the Canton of Ticino.
Lugano
Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati
The Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati, open to the public in the exhibition venue next to the LAC cultural centre, displays over 200 important artworks, selected according to different criteria on the basis of its presentation.
Lugano
Museo in Erba
Unique educational museum designed to help children discover art through play, with exhibitions and workshops.
Lugano
MUSEC - Museo delle Culture
Located on Lugano's lakeside in the historic Villa Malpensata, the MUSEC offers a rich program of exhibitions and events dedicated to ethnic and oriental arts, photography, modern and contemporary art.
Gandria
Swiss Customs Museum
In a charming corner of Lake Lugano, a few steps from Italy, the Customs Museum illustrates past and present of the management and surveillance of the borders (fight against illegal traffics and forgery, prevention of trade in endangered species, and much more) and tells stories about a region which identity has been always defined by the border.
Agno
Museo Plebano
The Plebano Museum’s collection shows the interaction between historical and archaeological pieces and contemporary art.
Lugano
Fondazione Gabriele e Anna Braglia
The Foundation aims to advance art and cultural education.
Caslano
The Alprose Chocolate Museum
The Alprose chocolate museum presents the world of chocolate from its origin to date. Not to be missed is a visit to the "Nostalgia" shop for a chocolate tasting.
Bigorio
The Bigorio Museum
The Museum is beautifully located within the “Convento di Santa Maria” of Bigorio and exhibits objects made by monks over many years. The display gives to the public a unique insight into the lifestyle at the monastery.
Lugano
Gipsoteca Gianluigi Giudici
The Gipsoteca Gianluigi Giudici is a museum that has been conceived, promoted and created by the Renato and Gianluigi Giudici Foundation.
Caslano
The Fishing Museum
This fascinating exhibition gives us an idea of fishing from prehistoric times to today, touching upon several subjects like boat construction, the fish trade, the production of fishing nets, fish species found in our rivers and lakes, ancient fishing techniques, all this, in a relaxing environment close to the lake shore.
Curio
Museo del Malcantone
The Malcantone Museum in Curio in Switzerland has recently undergone a radical makeover and the contents of the museum have been completely overhauled.
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 Erich Lindenberg (1938-2006).
Melide
Swissminiatur
Swissminiatur is an open-air museum where you can admire the most important Swiss buildings and means of transportation.
Lugano-Paradiso
San Salvatore Museum
The rooms host a precious collection of rare religious art, an exhibition dedicated to rocks, minerals, fossils and speleology of the region and the history of the lightening research centre.
Brè s/Lugano
The Wilhelm Schmid Museum
Located in the centre of the vil¬lage Brè, the Museum is dedicated to the work of the painter Wilhelm Schmid, an exponent of the German New Objectivity of the 20s, who moved to Ticino in 1937.
Ponte Tresa
Railway Museum Lugano - Ponte Tresa
Permanent exhibition on material and documents regarding the Ferrovie Luganesi SA’s first 100 years of life and, in particular, concerning the Lugano Ponte Tresa railroad line.
