🖼️ Museums & galleries in Switzerland

Detourmap maps 85 museums & galleries worth the detour in Switzerland — art, history and science museums. The best known is Kunstmuseum Basel. All of them are listed below. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.

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  Kunstmuseum Basel

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 17th century · Notable

  Art museum in Basel, Switzerland

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  Kunsthaus Zürich

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable

  Art museum in Zürich, Switzerland

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  Museum of Art and History Geneva

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable

  Museum in Geneva, Switzerland

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  Beyeler Foundation

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable

  Museum collection in Riehen in the canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

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  Museum Rietberg

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable

  Museum in Zurich (Switzerland)

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  Natural History Museum of Geneva

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 18th century · Notable

  Museum in Geneva (Switzerland)

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  Zentrum Paul Klee

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Notable

  Museum collection in the city of Bern, Switzerland

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  Musée Ariana

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable

  Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass in the city of Geneva, Switzerland

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  Bodmer Foundation

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Library and museum in Cologny (Switzerland)

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  Museum Tinguely

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Basel (Switzerland)

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  Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Archaeological museum in Basel (Switzerland)

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  Zentralbibliothek Zürich

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Zürich Central Library

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  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Historical museum in Geneva (Switzerland)

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  Einsteinhaus

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum and a former residence of Albert Einstein in the city of Bern, Switzerland

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  FIFA Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Sports museum in Zürich, Switzerland

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  Schaulager

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Museum collection in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschft, Switzerland

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  Musée Rath

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem

  Museum building in the city of Geneva, Switzerland

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  Museum collection Am Römerholz

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  1915 villa in Winterthur, former home of Oskar Reinhart

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  Pavillon Le Corbusier

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Zurich (Switzerland)

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  Natural History Museum of Basel

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in the city of Basel, Switzerland

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  ALPS

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Swiss Alpine Museum

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  Dollhouse Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Basel (Switzerland)

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  Swiss Architecture Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Basel (Switzerland)

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  Collection de l'art brut

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum collection in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum building in the city of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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  Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem

  Botanical garden in Switzerland

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  Museum of Cultures (MUSEC)

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Lugano (Switzerland)

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  Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Cultural center

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  MAMCO

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Geneva (Switzerland)

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  Pharmaziemuseum Universität Basel

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Switzerland

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  Globe of Science and Innovation

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Switzerland

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  Photo Elysée

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Lausanne (Switzerland)

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  Kunstmuseum Solothurn

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Solothurn, Switzerland

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  Natural History Museum of Bern

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in the city of Bern, Switzerland

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  Zürich James Joyce Foundation

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Organization promoting the memory of Joyce’s stay in Zürich

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  Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Heritage railway in Blonay in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  International Museum of the Reformation

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Museum collection in the city of Geneva, Switzerland

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  Stapferhaus Lenzburg

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Switzerland

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  Nietzsche-Haus, Sils-Maria

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Switzerland

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  Museum Walserhaus

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  Ethnographic Museum Collection in Bosco/Gurin in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland

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  Aargau house of art

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum building in Aarau in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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  Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Botanical garden

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  Richard-Wagner-Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Tribschen, Luzern, Switzerland

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  Kosciuszko-Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum collection in the city of Solothurn, Switzerland

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  Queen: The Studio Experience

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Montreux, Switzerland

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  MASI Lugano

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Art museum in Lugano (Switzerland)

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  Fotomuseum Winterthur

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Winterthur (Switzerland)

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  Muzeum Susch

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Art museum in Switzerland

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  Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem

  Art museum in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Cantonal museum of Zoology, Lausanne

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Botanical Garden Bern

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem

  Botanical garden located in Bern, the capital city of Switzerland

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  Panzermuseum Thun

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Switzerland

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  Lugano Arte e Cultura

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Cultural centre of the city of Lugano

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  Mammutmuseum Niederweningen

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Niederweningen (Switzerland)

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  Matterhorn Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Zermatt in the canton of Valais in Switzerland

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  Franz Gertsch Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Museum collection in Burgdorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

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  Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

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  Alpineum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum building in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland

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  Kirchner Museum Davos

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Davos (Switzerland)

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  Rosengart Collection

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Lucerne based on Galerie Rosengart (Switzerland)

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  Skulpturhalle Basel

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Basel (Switzerland)

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  Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Garden in Zurich (Switzerland)

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  Aathal Dinosaur Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Seegräben in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland

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  Watermill Museum Brüglingen

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Mill museum in Münchenstein, Switzerland

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  St. Gallen Museum of Art

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in St. Gallen (Switzerland)

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  Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Geneva (Switzerland)

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  Amerbach Cabinet

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Collection of the Amerbach family

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  frog museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac (Switzerland)

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  Maison d'Ailleurs (collection)

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum collection in Yverdon-les-Bains in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Bündner Kunstmuseum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Chur (Switzerland)

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  HeK (House of Electronic Arts Basel)

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum and event space in Basel / Münchenstein (Switzerland)

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  Museum Langmatt Sidney and Jenny Brown Foundation

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum collection in Baden in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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  Migros Museum of Contemporary Art

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  Museum in Zurich (Switzerland)

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  Museo Vincenzo Vela

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

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  Enea Tree Museum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Park in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

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  museum of art and history of the Jura (collection)

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  Historical museum in Delémont (Switzerland)

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  Cantonal Botanical Museum and Gardens

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  Museum in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Natural History Museum of Fribourg

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Fribourg (Switzerland)

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  Natur-Museum Luzern

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  Museum in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland

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  Alimentarium

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Museum in Vevey (Switzerland)

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  Lindt Home of Chocolate

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · Hidden gem

  Building in Kilchberg

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  MoneyMuseum

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Zurich (Switzerland)

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  Kunstmuseum Luzern

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Art museum and museum collection in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland

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  Vitromusée Romont

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  Museum of stained glass in Romont in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

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  Bruno Weber Park

  🖼️ Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Open-air art museum in Spreitenbach in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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