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Its core collection comes from the “inventor” of Art Brut himself, the French artist Jean Dubuffet, who was the first to recognise the presence of art in the spontaneous and culturally marginal creations that he discovered in asylums and prisons, or produced by spiritualists, outsiders and other misfits.

The ability of the human hand to grip and manipulate is wondrous. It is the means by which man shapes the ideas produces in his brain. Culture is based on the hand, a fundamental characteristic of the human race that has ensures the success of our species.

Archaeological heritage of the Pays de Vaud, from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages

The Lausanne Cantonal Museum of Fine Art is the second oldest in Switzerland devoted to art. Works by Ducros, Bocion, Gleyre, Valloton, Soutter, etc.

The Museum of Geology conceals exciting treasures, including a 16’000-year-old mammoth skeleton or an enormous tooth which proved to be that of a hippopotamus that foraged on the tropical shores of Morges some 10.8 million ago.

The entomological collections (insects) and the fascinating world of ants are the highlights of the museum. The permanent exhibition has an orderly display of the main vertebrate groups, whilst the comparative anatomy room has impressive explanations of skeletons and specimens jars.

This trendiest museum describes itself as a museum of transversal design. It spans the divide between the arts, which are no longer seen as major or minor, but as fluid and open to one another.

One of the first museums in Europe, entirely given over photography presents a collection of some 120’000 original prints. It is based in an elegant 18th century manor house set in an English garden overlooking the lake.

Housed in a historic building opposite the Cathedral, it relates the history of Lausanne, form its prehistoric beginnings to the economic, social and urban revolutions of the 19th century. The most spectacular pierce is the monumental model, portraying Lausanne in the 17th.

One of the country’s biggest numismatic museums, with a large collection of money, medals, token, seals, notes, weights, balances and cashbooks.

The museum uses images and symbols to show that “Olympism is not merely a matter of a sports competition: it is a philosophy of life whose roots are deeply embedded in our history.
It unites sport, art and culture as traditional pillars of Olympism under one roof as the three expressions of humanity.

A permanent exhibition tells the story of daily life on the shores of Lacus Lemannus twenty centuries ago.