Tourist attractions Winterthur

This museum’s main focus is on modern art, but the first floor has works by Rembrandt, Ruysdael, Fra Angelico, Rubens, and Swiss artists like Hodler, Segantini and Füssli. Contemporary artworks include Pop Art, Dubuffet, Rothko and Pollock. On the se..

This pretty villa houses Post-Impressionist collections gathered between 1907 and 1932 by the couple Hahnloser-Bühler, two art lovers who made personal links with artists and whose work they purchased. Their favourites included the Fauves and Nabis, ..

Formerly a disused factory, this yellow-brick building is a large space now dedicated to photography. The art gallery focuses on the work of contemporary photographers, and the museum displays examples of the great 19C-20C masters’ work. Numerous tem..

This collector left his house to the town when he died in 1965. Located in the heights of Winterthur, in sprawling grounds dotted with sculptures by Renoir and Bourdelle, the museum houses a fine collection of five centuries of painting: Cranach the ..

The Schweizerisches Landesmuseum houses extensive collections that touch upon every aspect of culture and the art of living in Switzerland, from the Stone Age to the present day. Of particular interest are the celestial globe developed by Bürgi in th..

This museum contains diverse collections from the 16C (Cranach) to the 20C (Bonnard, Vuillard) via painters from the local school and Impressionists. Part of the building is devoted to sculpture (Rodin, Maillol, Giacometti).

In an attractive green setting, Zurich's zoo is home to over 2,000 species. The monkeys' and elephants' morning bathtime is a daily event not to be missed.

Planted with 90 lime trees and embellished by a fountain, this hilltop esplanade overlooks the River Limmat, where stood the Celtic and Roman settlements that evolved into Zurich. Chess lovers will be pleased to find a giant chessboard; from the terr..

Built in the 11 and 13C, supposedly on the site of a collegiate church founded by Charlemagne, this imposing cathedral was the cure of Zwingli who preached there from 1519 until he died. Framing the façade are two high towers topped with wooden cupol..

With its little medieval streets running down to the River Limmat, this area is the heart of the old town. Some houses, the most charming of which date back to the 16C or even earlier (the oldest are 13C-14C), have terraced gardens. Stroll down Augus..

Oskar Reinhart lived in Winterthur and left his collection of paintings to the town upon his death in 1965. This part of the collection contains work by Swiss, German and Austrian artists from the 18C,19C and 20C. Fine drawings by Wasmann, portraits ..

This appealing and interactive museum aims to make science accessible to all. The exhibition is divided into eight sections that delve into the main principles of physics, mechanics and magnetism. Visitors can also watch demonstrations and handle equ..

The building, rebuilt in the early 18C, except for the south tower (16C), has a fairly severe façade, making the interior more interesting for its Baroque decoration. The nave, with its vault covered in frescos, is flanked by four chapels decorated w..