Museums in Zurich

Zurich is blessed with a number of great museums catering for all tastes and interests. From art to history to money and lots more. Museums are a great place to visit on a rainy day and most have cafés or restaurant areas where you can have refreshments too.

Swiss Museum Pass

If you are an avid Museum visitor you may also be interested in the Swiss Museum Pass which allows you access to around 490 museums throughout the whole country. Learn more about the Swiss Museum Pass here. 

You may also be interested in seeing our special article and video about the Landesmuseum in Zurich here.

Listed below we have 40 of the main museums in Zurich. Click on the link to learn more. Some of the information is only available in German although quite a few websites are in English too.

List of Museums in Zurich

01   Alterthuemer-Magazin

02   Archaeologische Sammlung

03   Atelier Hermann Haller 

04   Botanical Garden

05   ETH – Focusterra

06   FCZ Museum

07   Graphische Sammlung der ETH

08   Helmhaus Zurich

09   Kulturama – Museum des Menschen

10   Kunsthalle Zurich

11   Kunsthaus Art Gallery Zurich

12   Landesmuseum Zurich National Museum 

13   Medizinhistorisches Museum

14   Migros Museum fur Gegenwartkunst 

15   Money Museum

16   Moulagenmuseum

17   Mühlerama

18   Museum Bellerive

19   Museum der Anthropologie

20   Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich 

21   Museum Haus Konstructiv

22   Museum RIETBERG 

23   Museum STRAUHOF

24   NONAM – Nordamerika Native Museum

25   PALÄONTOLOGISCHES Museum

26   Rathaus Parliament

27   STADTHAUS

28   Sukkulenten-Sammlung ZÜRICH

29   TRAM-Museum ZÜRICH

30   URANIA-STERNWARTE ZÜRICH

31   VÖLKERKUNDEMUSEUM

32   WASSERKIRCHE/Archeological Crypt

33   WILDNISPARK ZÜRICH

34   ZENTRALBIBLIOTHEK ZÜRICH

35   ZIVILSCHUTZ-Museum

36   ZOO ZÜRICH

37   ZOOLOGISCHES Museum

38   ZUNFTHAUS Zur Meisen China Museum

39   ZUNFTSTADT ZÜRICH

40   Zurich Toy Museum

FIFA World Football Museum

A new Museum which can be added to the list is the FIFA World Football Museum. For more information on this museum please read here.

Photo © FIFA: 

List of Free Museums in Zurich

For a list of FREE Museums in Zurich see here

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