MCBA - Vaud Museum of Fine Arts

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MCBA - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Quartier des Arts
Opened in 1841, the Vaud Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne is one of the oldest Swiss museums exclusively dedicated to art. Now located in Plateforme 10, it presents several temporary exhibitions a year from its collection of 10,000 works.

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

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Schedules

From 01.01.2024 to 31.12.2024
Open
Closed
Lundi
Closed
Mardi
10:00 - 18:00
Mercredi
10:00 - 18:00
Jeudi
10:00 - 20:00
Vendredi
10:00 - 18:00
Samedi
10:00 - 18:00
Dimanche
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.

Plateforme 10

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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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Mosto

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Discover the Mosto wine shop that offers local wine, cider and beer that are respectful of nature.
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Milan Park

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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
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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 and Soutter: these are some of the Vaudois painters for which the Vaud Museum of Fine Arts (MCBA) is known, nationally and internationally. Their works form a large part of the museum’s collection, currently comprising some 10,000 paintings.

The MCBA organises several temporary exhibitions every year, each one accompanied with a programme of cultural activities including events, guided tours and workshops for adults and children. Admission is free on the first Saturday of the month.

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