Kunsthaus Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

The Kunsthaus Zürich is an art museum in Zürich. It houses one of the most important art collections in Switzerland. The collection spans from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, with an emphasis on Swiss art.

The museum's collection includes major works by artists including Claude Monet (several works including an enormous water lily painting), Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Jacques Lipchitz and the Swiss Alberto Giacometti. Other Swiss artists such as Johann Heinrich Füssli, Ferdinand Hodler or from recent times, Pipilotti Rist and Peter Fischli are also represented. Furthermore, works from Vincent van Gogh, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse and René Magritte are to be found.

The museum was drawn-up by architects Karl Moser and Robert Curjel, and opened in 1910. Particularly notable are the several preserved Moser interiors in the original section of the museum, decorated in masterful Neo-Grec version of Secession style. The bas-reliefs on the facade are by Moser's longtime collaborator Oskar Kiefer. The original museum building was extended in 1925, 1958 and 1976.

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Founded: 1910
Category: Religious sites in Switzerland

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Ethan Holder (4 months ago)
An excellent Museum all around! I wouldn't miss this even if you only have a day in Zurich. The building itself is an incredible work by David Chipperfield who is a pritzker prize winner and one of the best minimalist architects of our time. The collection is very high end for the size of museum it is. Even if you're a casual art viewer you will likely recognize a number of paintings from Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso and many others. I highly recommend it. Can be done in only a few hours.
Loren Klure (4 months ago)
Underrated. Paintings from some of the masters and great array of sculptures. A single ticket gets you into both buildings (across the Main Street from each other). There is an amazing sound room with hanging threads of bulbous lights that shift colors with slow ambient electronic music - great addition.
Food Taster (6 months ago)
Fantastic collection of art! Definitely worth to see and enjoy. Have been here few times already and plan to come back. Don’t forget that they have free entrance on Wednesday.
Hamdi Kaya (8 months ago)
It is a beautiful and large museum, it is a pleasure to visit it. Its collection is very wide and diverse. You can see the works of artists of many different styles such as Monet, Picasso, Cezanne, Münch, Rodin, Chagall, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Alberto Giacometti. You can especially find some of Picasso's early paintings here. There are also exhibitions about modern art. The museum consists of two buildings and are connected by an underground passage. You can leave your belongings in the cloakroom with lockers at the entrance. Depending on your interest, you can spend half a day or a day here.
Joanna Ji (10 months ago)
What a phenomenal museum! Great space, first of all, every painting was given loads of room to breathe. Amazing collection and smoothly presented. All the big names are here. The exhibitions are presented in such a way that a normal visitor walk-through culminates in a climax of the biggest names and the most impressive (at least fame wise) art pieces in modern history. We must have spent an hour in the last two rooms of Monet, Matisse, and van Gogh. And then you realize there's the second half of the collection across the street. Highly recommend getting the audio guide. Went on a summery Sunday, not crowded at all.
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