The 10 Best Art Museums in Zurich, Canton of Zurich

September 17, 2021 Milan Banda

The largest city in Switzerland is a major contemporary art and shopping destination. Important artworks are displayed in the Kunsthaus and the Rietberg Museum, while those who consider shopping an art can hone their skills along Bahnhofstrasse and Niederdorf. Chagall's stained glass windows in the Fraumunster amaze and Zurich's 500 clubs and bars, including several in swimming pools, pulse with life 'til the early hours. This city on Lake Zurich has excellent public transit and a free bike rental system.
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1. Museum of Art (Kunsthaus Zurich)

Heimplatz 1, Zurich 8001 Switzerland 41 1 253 84 84 [email protected] http://www.kunsthaus.ch/
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4.5 based on 1,862 reviews

Museum of Art (Kunsthaus Zurich)

This fantastic art museum displays Western works since the 1600s and has an especially impressive selection of modern art.

Reviewed By SadieMT - Missoula, United States

We spent about 3 hours here and enjoyed both the museum itself and the artwork. We spent most of our time in the 19th century and forward collections and had the opportunity to see some fine Chagall paintings and a stunning Van Gogh work painted the last year of his life. Many sculptures by Giacometti and a current exhibit on Matisse sculptures.

2. Museum Rietberg

Gablerstrasse 15, Zurich 8002 Switzerland +41 44 206 31 31 https://rietberg.ch/
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4.5 based on 441 reviews

Museum Rietberg

This art museum is the only art museum in Switzerland that focuses on non-European art, and has a substantial collection from Asia, America, Africa and Oceania. It's also located in one of Zürich's most beautiful parks.

Reviewed By finman2016 - Dublin, Ireland

This is one of Europe's hidden gems. Hidden, it has to be said, partly through its own fault. I talked to people who live in Zurich who did not even know about it and it is not well advertised or signposted. But it is really worth finding. The collection of early Chinese ceramics alone is stunning -- most of the pieces would be in any national museum that could get hold of them. But there are also fabulous collections of Japanese, pre-Columbian, Indian and African art. The displays are excellent, with labels in English as well as German and the design of the buildings (linking a new extension with a 19th century villa) is very pleasant to move around. The scale overall is ideal -- a good morning or afternoon with lunch in the cafe is perfect.

3. Snary Mary Adventures

Vulkanstrasse 122, Zurich 8048 Switzerland +41 44 521 50 73 [email protected] http://snarymary-adventures.ch
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4.5 based on 70 reviews

Snary Mary Adventures

Snary Mary Adventures is an Escape Room Game in Zürich Altstetten. Creativity, power of deduction, sharp mind, some ambition, team spirit and the wish for thrill are qualities you need. Find the clues, solve the riddles and try to make it trough our adventures. Behind the scenes of Snary Mary Adventures we are a crew of creative, technically skilled people with a lot of love for any kind of games. Together with colleagues, friends and family our guests experience unusal stories. Become art thieves or fight as magicians against a dragon!

Reviewed By StefanZ175

Best escape room in Zurich. Great fun with Friends...! We did the Kunstraub and want to come back for the Magier.

4. Museum Haus Konstruktiv

Selnaustrasse 25, Zurich 8001 Switzerland +41 44 217 70 80 [email protected] http://www.hauskonstruktiv.ch/flash.htm
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4.0 based on 34 reviews

Museum Haus Konstruktiv

Museum Haus Konstruktiv is situated in the heart of Zurich, not far away from Paradeplatz, in one of the most impressive examples of New Objectivity and one of the most attractive buildings of industrial architecture. It is the leading museum in the Swiss cultural landscape that focuses on constructive, concrete and conceptual Art, as well as on revealing its continuing impact within contemporary art. One of the centerpieces of Museum Haus Konstruktiv's collection is Fritz Glarner's "Rockefeller Dining Room" (1963/64) revisited by Alfredo Häberli in 2016.

5. Photobastei 2.0

Sihlquai 125 2nd And 3rd Floor, Zurich 8005 Switzerland +41 44 240 22 00 http://www.photobastei.ch
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4.0 based on 10 reviews

Photobastei 2.0

6. Lowenbraukunst Zurich

Limmatstrasse 268&270, Zurich 8005 Switzerland [email protected] http://www.lowenbraukunst.ch
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

Lowenbraukunst Zurich

Das Löwenbräukunst-Areal ist ein einzigartiges Kunstzentrum im Stadtteil Zürich-West. Wo einst Bier gebraut wurde, gibt es heute Museen, Galerien, einen Verleger, Kunst- und Kulturstiftungen, ein art escape room, sowie ein Restaurant. Das Angebot an zeitgenössischer Kunst umfasst Ausstellungen und sammlungsspezifische Präsentationen, Veranstaltungen und Symposien sowie Aktivitäten zu aktuellen The

7. Kunsthalle Zurich

Limmatstrasse 270, Zurich 8005 Switzerland +41 44 272 15 15 [email protected] http://www.kunsthallezurich.ch/
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3.5 based on 25 reviews

Kunsthalle Zurich

Established in 1985, Kunsthalle Zurich is a non-collecting institution dedicated to contemporary art and its thinking. Kunsthalle Zurich hosts temporary exhibitions, which have, in recent years, included Gilbert & George, Ida Ekblad, Marianna Simnett and The Brotherhood of New Blockheads.

8. Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst

Limmatstrasse 270, Zurich 8005 Switzerland +41 44 277 20 50 [email protected] http://www.migrosmuseum.ch
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3.0 based on 15 reviews

Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst

The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst has supported the production, exhibition and collection of international contemporary art since 1996. It presents temporary solo and group exhibitions, as well as works from its own collection, on two floors. An internationally renowned museum, it sees itself as a dynamic location for contemporary art, a mission to which its comprehensive art education and event programs contribute as well.

9. Art-Dock Zurich

Hohlstrasse 258, Zurich Switzerland http://art-dock-zh.ch/
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

10. Einfach Zurich

Wasserwerkstrasse 129, Zurich 8037 Switzerland +41 44 520 30 17 http://einfachzuerich.ch

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