Things to do in Lake Maggiore, Swiss Alps: The Best Museums

June 29, 2021 Emerita Lamoureux

Discover the best top things to do in Lake Maggiore, Switzerland including Centro culturale e museo Elisarion, OnArte, Galleria Borgo, Pinacoteca Casa Rusca, Fondazione Monte Verita, Ghisla Art Collection, Museo Casorella, Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Museo Castello San Materno, Castello Visconteo.
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1. Centro culturale e museo Elisarion

via Rinaldo Simen 3, Minusio 6648 Switzerland +41 91 743 66 71 http://www.minusio.ch/elisarion
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Centro culturale e museo Elisarion

2. OnArte

via San Gottardo 139, Minusio 6648 Switzerland +41 91 735 89 39 [email protected] http://www.onarte.ch
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5.0 based on 6 reviews

OnArte

OnArte is an exhibition platform and video lounge for contemporary art. In six exhibitions per year different positions in the visual arts will be shown and socially intervening new formats will be investigated in. The Focus is on young artist's work as well as on the work of more established Ticinese, Swiss and international artists and artist collectives.

3. Galleria Borgo

via Beato P. Berno 5, Ascona 6612 Switzerland http://www.galleriaborgo.ch/
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4.5 based on 3 reviews

Galleria Borgo

4. Pinacoteca Casa Rusca

Antonio, piazza Sant' 5, Locarno 6600 Switzerland +41 91 756 31 85 http://www.ascona-locarno.com/it/commons/details/St%C3%A4dtische-Pinakothek-Casa-Rusca/2743.html
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4.5 based on 19 reviews

Pinacoteca Casa Rusca

5. Fondazione Monte Verita

Strada Collina 84, Ascona 6612 Switzerland +41 91 785 40 40 [email protected] http://www.monteverita.org/
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4.5 based on 48 reviews

Fondazione Monte Verita

6. Ghisla Art Collection

via Antonio Ciseri 3, Locarno 6600 Switzerland +41 91 751 01 52 http://www.ghisla-art.ch/
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4.5 based on 46 reviews

Ghisla Art Collection

7. Museo Casorella

via Bartolomeo Rusca 5, Locarno 6600 Switzerland http://museocasorella.ch/contatti/
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4.5 based on 2 reviews

Museo Casorella

8. Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna

via Borgo 34, Ascona 6612 Switzerland http://www.museoascona.ch/
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4.0 based on 27 reviews

Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna

9. Museo Castello San Materno

Via Losone 10, Ascona 6612 Switzerland +41 91 759 81 60 [email protected] http://www.museoascona.ch
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4.0 based on 11 reviews

Museo Castello San Materno

The historical Castello San Materno has undergone careful restoration works and has now become a modern exhibition venue for the town of Ascona.

10. Castello Visconteo

via al Castello 1, Locarno 6600 Switzerland +41 91 756 31 70 http://www.ticino.ch/en/commons/details/The-Visconteo-Castle/2957.html
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4.0 based on 85 reviews

Castello Visconteo

Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland

At the western edge of Locarno's old town, well signposted from the Piazza Grande, is the Castello, the seat of local power since - probably - the 9th century. It is called after the powerful family Visconti from Milan, who controlled great parts of northern Italy and the southern Ticino in the 14th and 15th centuries. In Locarno they had placed a local 'Podestá' as their representative. It all came to an end, when in 1503 troops from the Swiss confederacy crossed the Alps and conquered Locarno and all the other parts from today's Ticino. The Castello now became the seat of the Swiss 'Landvogt' (bailiff) until the times of Napoleon and the creation of the canton of Ticino. The now cantonal administrative center was turned into the 'Museo civico e archaeologico' in 1921, when also extensive restorations in Renaissance-style began. Besides the building itself a main attraction are the finds from the Bronze Age till the Roman days, all objects found in and around Locarno. Most remarkable is the rich collection of Roman glass. Another exhibition deals with the Reformation in Locarno during the 16th century, which ended with the expulsion in 1555 of all the one's, who did not want to return to the old Catholic faith. Many, also several members of the local nobility, chose to emigrate to the reformed town of Zurich. A last exposition deals with the 'Locarno Treaties' from 1925, when head of states and foreign ministers from 7 European countries met here and discussed the reorganization of Europe after WW I. The main theme was the guarantee of the borders between France, Belgium and Germany. The occupied Rhineland became a demilitarized zone and Germany a member of the League of Nations. There was hope for lasting peace and the foreign ministers of France and Germany won the Nobel Price for Peace. The conference took place at the town's courthouse, the Palazzo del Pretorio, located at the Via delle Palme, which became the Via della Pace after the conference. The so-called 'Spirit of Locarno', once full of hope, came to an end in 1936, when the Nazi's under Hitler had the Rhineland occupied.

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