MUSEC – Museo delle Culture

Attention
The exhibition spaces at Villa Malpensata will be closed to the public for renovation work from 26 October 2026 to 4 February 2027.

From 12 November 2026 to 17 January 2027, MUSEC is presenting the special exhibition ‘40 years of MUSEC’ at the Heleneum (Via Cortivo 26). 170 works are on display to celebrate 40 years of projects and collections that have evolved over time, from Serge Brignoni to contemporary art.

For further details please visit the museum’s website www.musec.ch

At Villa Malpensata by Lake Lugano, MUSEC explores world cultures through exhibitions of ethnic art, photography and contemporary works. Don’t miss the South Seas collection and rare 19th-century Japanese hand-painted photographs.

Housed in the historic Villa Malpensata on the Lugano lakefront, MUSEC – Museum of Cultures is a dynamic venue dedicated primarily to temporary exhibitions, ranging from ethnic and oriental arts to modern and contemporary art, without neglecting children's creativity. The museum offers a rich calendar of exhibitions that allow visitors to explore different themes and artistic languages. The exhibitions are designed to create a dialogue between cultures, eras and forms of expression, offering the public continuous opportunities for discovery and reflection. A small and refined selection of works from the MUSEC collections is exhibited on a rotating basis in the Spazio Tesoro, which is accessible free of charge.

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