Location: Mendrisio
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The 5 Best Museums in Mendrisio, Swiss Alps
Mendrisio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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1. Perseo SA
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
The PERSEO SA was founded in 1952 and has always been a meeting point for artists of international fame. The visit to the foundry will enable you to get to know some of the older techniques of fusion which have made the foundry a leader in Switzerland and to approach an artistic, craft activity of great value.
2. Museo del Trasparente
3. Galleria Baumgartner
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4.5 based on 70 reviews
4. Museo d'arte Mendrisio
5. Pinacoteca Cantonale Giovanni Zust
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4.5 based on 27 reviews
With its rich permanent collection exhibited on a rotating basis, the Zust Gallery is today the primary centre for studying art of the period from the Renaissance to the 19th century in the Canton Ticino. A former parish house renovated and enlarged by the architect Tita Carloni (1967) and refurbished by the architect Claudio Cavadini (1990) provides a splendid setting for paintings by the major artists of Lombardy and Ticino from the 17th century to the 19th, including Giovanni Serodine, Giuseppe Antonio Petrini, Antonio Rinaldi, Luigi Rossi, Adolfo Feragutti Visconti and Gioachimo Galbusera among many others. The gallery also presents two temporary exhibitions a year curated by outstanding figures in the world of art.
