© Mathieu Bernard-Reymond - Musée d’art de Pully © Mathieu Bernard-Reymond - Musée d’art de Pully

Museums

Historical, classic and innovative museums...

The museums in Lausanne are steeped in history. Their exhibitions leave a lasting impression on visitors and are known far and wide. Classic, historic, innovative and cutting edge, Lausanne’s museums offer an incredible variety of exhibitions in every genre for young and old, experts or amateurs. Lausanne is itself a jewel in the crown of Swiss culture and showcases it with a cultural calendar packed with unmissable exhibitions.

© Archeolab
ArchéoLab
The ArchéoLab is a discovery space for budding young inquisitive minds...
© Archizoom, EPFL
Archizoom
The Department of Architecture of the EPFL, and now the Institute of ...
© Phillip Waterton
EPFL Pavilions
EPFL Pavilions is EPFL's cultural platform where art, research and te...
© Caroline Smyrliadis
Collection de l'Art Brut
A quintessential museum in Lausanne's cultural landscape, the Collecti...
© Michel Krafft/MZL
Espace Arlaud
In a beautiful building on the Place de la Riponne, the Espace Arlaud ...
© Sarah Jaquemet
Inventions Space
- TEMPORARY CLOSURE FOR RENOVATION WORKS FROM 28 APRIL 2025 UNTIL EARL...
© LT/ www.diapo.ch
Naturéum - Botanical garden
Tucked away in the heights of Lausanne, the Botanical garden offer a h...
© Intuifilm & Trivial mass
Lausanne History Museum
The Musée historique de Lausanne (MHL), renovated in 2018, is the idea...
Maison Lavaux
The exhibition at Maison Lavaux presents an historical, human and cult...
© KHASHAYAR JAVANMARDI
mudac
As the sole design-dedicated institution in French-speaking Switzerlan...
© Visions du corps, Sébastien Baudet [syp•ia], 2014 / Musée de la main UNIL-CHUV
Museum of the Hand Unil-CHUV
The Museum of the hand Unil-CHUV presents interactive themed exhibitio...
© Michel Krafft/MZL
Palais de Rumine
Today, the Palais de Rumine houses the Naturéum - Cantonal museum of n...
© Mathieu Bernard-Reymond - Musée d'art de Pully
Pully Museum
A beautiful and completely restored building, the museum adjoins the f...
© Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy
Roman museum of Lausanne-Vidy
A stone’s throw from Lake Geneva, the Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy te...
© Alain Herzog/EPFL
The Musée Bolo
Since 2002, the Musée Bolo - Swiss Museum of information technology, d...
© Le Musée Olympique
The Olympic Museum
A marathon of emotions. Would you like to relive great Olympic moments...
© Musée de la machine à écrire
Typewriter Museum
This museum tells the story of a passion passed down from father to so...
© MCAH
Vaud Archaeology and History Museum
Housed in the Palais de Rumine, on the Place de la Riponne in the cent...
© LT/www.diapo.ch
Naturéum - Geology
A real history book, the Naturéum’s geology collections are packed ful...
© Michel Krafft
Naturéum - Zoology
The Naturéum’s zoology collections have occupied the neo-Florentine bu...