© Danielle Caputo - Atelier de numérisation de Lausanne / Guillaume Pilet, Neowise II, 2020, Collection d’art de la Ville de Lausanne

From Bailly to Zaric. City of Lausanne Art Collection

Where?
Musée Historique Lausanne
When
From 08.05.2026 to 02.08.2026
Price
From
12 CHF

The City of Lausanne Art Collection dates to 1932, when the Fonds des arts plastiques was set up to support local artists and embellish the city. Almost a century later, it now contains more than 1,800 works by nearly 550 artists, including many of the leading figures on the art scene in French-speaking Switzerland.

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Address

Musée Historique Lausanne
Place de la Cathédrale 4
1005 Lausanne

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Schedules

From 08.05.2026 to 02.08.2026
Tuesday
11:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 - 18:00
Thursday
11:00 - 18:00
Friday
11:00 - 18:00
Saturday
11:00 - 18:00
Sunday
11:00 - 18:00

Adults (3-day pass including the Art Brut Collection and the Roman Museum of Lausanne-Vidy)

12 CHF

AVS/AI (3-day pass including the Art Brut Collection and the Roman Museum of Lausanne-Vidy)

6 CHF

Children (under 18), students, apprentices, unemployed

Free

Groups from 6 persons (price per person)

6 CHF

Closed on Mondays (except public holidays and in July and August).
Free admission on the first Saturday of the month.

Access
Bus 6 or 7: «Bessières» stop
Metro M2: «Riponne - M. Béjart» or «Bessières» stops

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Painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation, assemblage or printmaking - every art form is represented in this institutional collection, which is exceptionally presented to the public. Comprising more than forty works by the same number of artists, the exhibition brings together some of the most emblematic works in the collection, putting recent acquisitions in dialogue with the earliest founding works, and highlighting their incredible diversity in terms of medium, genre and material.

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