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The museum scene of Winterthur caters for all tastes: it is colourful and eclectic, of global calibre or with lots of local colour. We would like to warmly welcome you!

Experience and discover the museums of Winterthur with the Winterthur museum pass: CHF 25.00 for 1 day (excluding Technorama), CHF 35.00 for 2 days. The museum pass is available at Winterthur Tourismus or at the museums.

Use of the museum bus is included in the museum pass. The museum bus serves the following museums: Oskar Reinhart am Stadtgarten, Kunstmuseum (Museum of Art), Oskar Reinhart am Römerholz (Sunday additionally Centre of Photography and Villa Flora). The bus departs from bus stop G at Winterthur main railway station (Hauptbahnhof Winterthur) » Timetable

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Switzerland's only Science Centre is a tactile Museum: here science becomes an experience of the senses. The curious can experiment to their heart's content at more than 500 interactive stations.


In 2003 the Swiss Foundation for Photography moved its extensive collection from Zurich to Winterthur. Today, together with the Fotomuseum (Museum of Photography), it constitutes a highly regarded international centre of excellence for photography.


Winterthur » Fotomuseum Winterthur
With its pictures ranging from art to documentation of the ordinary, the Swiss Mecca of photography captivates not only hardened fans. Both contemporary and classical photography find a fascinating setting in the Museum of Photography.


Winterthur » Villa Flora
For decades a visit to Villa Flora was a privilege, which was reserved only for the family of the owners and a close circle of friends. Thanks to private initiative by descendants of the collector couple Hedy and Arthur Hahnloser-Bühler, Villa Flora has been open to the public since 1995. Discover artistic highlights and typical home decor of the middle classes around the turn of the 20th century.


A jewel of the Swiss museum scene is located in an elevated position above Winterthur: one of the most distinguished private collections of the 20th century awaits you in a villa hidden away behind old trees in an idyllic garden.


Since 1951 the former grammar school at the city park houses around 600 pictures and drawings by Swiss, German and Austrian artists. We owe this to the Winterthur art patron Oskar Reinhart.


Winterthur » Kunsthalle
Experimental art knows no bounds in this cultural institution, strongly rooted in the local area, yet cosmopolitan in outlook. The "Dritter Raum" ("Third room") provides space for meetings and a library with artists' publications from the London collection "Publish and be damned".


The collections by the gentlemen Briner and Kern left to the City of Winterthur are united in this small, exquisite museum in the town hall. The focus is on 17th century Dutch painting and miniature portraits.


Winterthur » Museum of Art
The Kunstmuseum Winterthur possesses one of the most beautiful modern art collections in Switzerland. The new building was built by the architects Gigon and Guyer.


With its creative exhibitions the museum attracts the curious in droves. Whether colour, light, food design or shoes - the Museum for Applied Arts and Design has a knack of staging the familiar in an unfamiliar way on every new occasion.


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