Vaud Museum of Fine Arts (mcb-a)

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Address

MCBA - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Quartier des Arts
Place de la Gare 16-17
1003 Lausanne

How to get there

Schedules

From 01.01.2024 to 31.12.2024

Open

Closed

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

10:00 - 18:00

Wednesday

10:00 - 18:00

Thursday

10:00 - 20:00

Friday

10:00 - 18:00

Saturday

10:00 - 18:00

Sunday

10:00 - 18:00

Plateforme 10 brings together the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA), the Musée cantonal de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains (mudac) and the Musée cantonal pour la photographie (Photo Elysée) in the heart of Lausanne.

Special timetables :
24.12.24 : 10am - 5pm
25.12.24 : Closed
26.12.24 : 10am - 8pm
31.12.24 : 10am - 5pm
01.01.25 : Closed
02.01.25 : 10am - 6pm

MCBA: closed on Mondays
Photo Elysée and mudac: closed on Tuesdays

A charge is made for temporary exhibitions.

+41 21 316 34 45

Website

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Just a few short steps from the main train station, PLATEFORME 10 is the arts district in Lausanne. Unique in Switzerland, this neighborhood has arisen on the site of a former railway locomotive repair shed. The site gathers the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts (MCBA), the Cantonal Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (mudac) and the Cantonal Museum for Photography (Photo Elysée).

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If you were to take a helicopter flight over these nine hectares of green space, located to the south of Lausanne railway station, you might summarily describe it as a vast grassy square (Place de Milan) with a steep mound (Montriond Hill).

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Dominik the arch-photo fan

I love the MCBA, inaugurated in 2019, with its striking, modern architecture. Its original exhibitions, as well as the view over the town and lake from its entrance hall are not to be missed.
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Ducros, Gleyre, Steinlen, Vallotton, Soutter: these Vaud painters have made the reputation of the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Aarts (MCBA), both nationally and internationally. Their works make up a large part of the museum’s collection, which currently consists of almost 10,000 canvases.

The MCBA organises a number of temporary exhibitions each year, each accompanied by a programme of cultural activities including events, guided tours and workshops for adults and children. Every first Saturday of the month, the museum opens its doors for free.