Location: Winterthur
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Things to do in Winterthur, Canton of Zurich: The Best Specialty Museums
Winterthur (/ˈvɪntərtʊər/, German pronunciation: [ˈvɪntɐtuːɐ̯]; French: Winterthour) is a city in the canton of Zürich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth-largest population, estimated at over 108,000 people, and the ninth largest agglomeration with about 138,000 inhabitants. Today Winterthur is a service and high-tech industry centre, but many people make use of its proximity to Zürich, which lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the south-west, and only 22 minutes by train.
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1. Nagelfabrik Nagli
2. Winterthur Kunstmuseum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By StockholmKindaGuy - Marietta, United States
Three museums fall under the umbrella of Kunst Museum Winterthur; Beim Stadthaus, Reinhart am Stadtgarten and Villa Flora. You can visit all three for a single price, a real bargain. Villa Flora is currently closed for renovations. The other two are within short walking distance of each other. Combined these two museums offer a wide range of art to take in. I liked both equally well. Reinhart am Stadtgarten has quite a lot of German, Austrian and Swiss art, including Ferdinand Hodler, while Beim Stadthaus has a broader range of artwork, including works by Monet and Van Gogh. All the museums were built from private collections. Much of the art is from the 19th and 20th centuries. Both of these museums are within short walking distance from the train station. Winterthur itself is a short train ride from Zürich and has a wonderful art scene that could keep you busy all day. I enjoyed my art filled visit to Winterthur.
3. Sammlung Oskar Reinhart
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 120 reviews
Reviewed By 605ailbhef - Zug, Switzerland
The collection was Herr Reinhart's personal choice - and did he have an eye!!! Some of the most beautiful Cezannes I've seen anywhere, and unusual Van Gogh's not seen in major exhibitions of the artist's work, including in London.. As per my previous reviews of Art in Winterthur - well worth the trip. There is a very good 'bus' which will get you from the station to Am Romerholz, and/or from the more central art museums to Am Romerholz and back to the station. They run once an hour and the journey is c 15 minutes.
4. Villa Flora Winterthur
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4.5 based on 28 reviews
5. Fotomuseum
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4.5 based on 92 reviews
Fotomuseum Winterthur is dedicated to photography as art form and document, and as a representation of reality. Fotomuseum Winterthur is on the one hand an art gallery for photography by contemporary photographers and artists (with exhibitions by Lewis Baltz, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn, Boris Mikhailov). On the other, the Fotomuseum Winterthur is also a traditional museum for works by 19th and 20th century masters (with exhibitions by Karl Blossfeldt, Bill Brandt, Dorothea Lange, Lisette Model, Albert Renger-Patzsch, August Sander, Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston, Weegee and others). And finally, it is a cultural-historical, sociological museum of applied photography in the fields of industry, architecture, fashion, etc. (with exhibitions on police photography, industrial photography, dam-construction photography, medical photography etc.). These three orientations form the basis of the museum's exhibition program and accompanying publications and events.
6. Kunsthalle Winterthur
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
7. Gewerbemuseum Winterthur
8. Uhren Sammlung Kellenberger
9. Munzkabinett und Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
