Museum of Art

Zurich Museum of Art, more known as the Kunsthaus, really a peice of quality in Zurich,. It holds largest collection of modern art such as Munch, Picasso, Braque, Giacometti… The is world known and a significant art museums of Europé. The well worth visiting museum also features a large library collection of photographs.

Founded in 1787, the Künstlergesellschaft began to collect works of art in 1794. Every member donated either one of his or her own drawings or one by an artist towards what they termed a ‘Malerbuch’ – a painting book.

In 1812 they took out a loan to acquire premises, which initially functioned as a club house and bar. Thanks to an international appeal for funds it became possible in 1818 to secure the Zurich’s main artistic attraction, the ‘Gessnerische Gemählde-Cabinet’, for the city; this encompasses 24 gouache pictures of idyllic landscapes and a number of drawings by Salomon Gessner.

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Things to do in Zurich: Zurich Zoo, Zunfthaus Zur Meisen, Fraumunster, Rietberg Museum, Great Church, Grossmunster, Cruise Lake, Rhine Falls, Museum of Art, Zurich Toy Museum, Swiss National Museum, Old Town in Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse, Cafe Zurich, Zurich Lake, Parade Square, Schipfe, Lindenhof Square.