Museums in Switzerland

By theme

How Switzerland’s museums split across the six broad themes. Museums catalogued simply as “a museum”, with no narrower type recorded, fall under General.

A sample of museums

A selection of 60 of Switzerland’s 1,142 museums, alphabetically. Open the map to explore them all by location.

Aargau house of art · Aargauer Kunsthaus · Aathal Dinosaur Museum · Abegg foundation · Abwasser-Museum · Ackerhaus · Adolf Dietrich-Haus · Afghanistan Museum · Agensteinhaus · Agrotechnorama Tänikon · Aigle Castle · Air Force and Air Defense Museum · Albert Anker Center · Albula Railway Museum · Alimentarium · Alpineum · ALPS · Alt-Falkenstein Museum of local history · Altes Bad Pfäfers · Amerbach Cabinet · Anatomical Museum Basel · Ancienne Chancellerie · Ankli foundation for the Martinet de Corcelles · Anna Göldi Museum · Anthropologisches Museum der Universität Zürich · Antikensammlung · Appenzell Folklore Museum · Appenzell museum of popular traditions · Arboretum national du vallon de l'Aubonne · Archaeological Museum Schötz (former Wiggertal Museum of Local History) · Archeological site of Tremona Castello · Archiv Burgrain · Archive of Modern Construction (EPFL) · Archizoom · Areuse Museum (collection) · Art house Zofingen · Art museum (building) · Art Museum of the wine company Matasci · Art Museum Thun · Art space Baden · Artillerie-Fort-Verein-Magletsch (AFOM) · Artilleriewerk Naters · Artillery Fort of Champex · Association pour le patrimoine industriel · Atelier Hermann Haller · Atelier Righini-Fries · Atelier Segantini Maloja · Atelier-Museum Encre & Plomb · Audemars Piguet museum · Audiorama · August Deusser Museum · August Suter Museum · Augusta Raurica · Axporama · Bäcker-Museum Saas-Fee · Bäckereimuseum (Benken SG) · Bahnmuseum Kerzers · Balloon Museum · Bally shoe museum · Ballyana Archiv