Photo Elysée
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Photo Elysée

From 01 Jan To 31 Dec 2024

Photo Elysée is one of the biggest museums in Switzerland and the world dedicated entirely to the discipline of photography.

Photo Elysée - Cantonal Museum for Photography, is located in the heart of the Plateforme 10 arts quarter, in a new exhibition space that also houses the mudac.Exclusively given over to photography, the museum aims to introduce all forms of this artistic discipline to the general public. This unique and internationally renowned museum has several photographic collections, including photographs by Charlie Chaplin, an illustrious resident of the Lake Geneva Region. The temporary exhibitions of Photo Elysée are shown in Lausanne but also in galleries all over the world.

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Plateforme 10 brings together the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA), the Musée cantonal de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains (mudac) and the Musée cantonal pour la photographie (Photo Elysée) in the heart of Lausanne.Special timetables :24.12.24 : Closed25.12.24 : Closed26.12.24 : 10am - 8pm31.12.24 : Closed01.01.25 : Closed02.01.25 : 10am - 6pmMCBA: closed on MondaysPhoto Elysée and mudac: closed on Tuesdays

Name Photo Elysée, Quartier des Arts
Location Lausanne
Phone +41 21 318 44 00
E-mail info@plateforme10.ch
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General Tariff Free
Prices
Free entrance for all as of May 29th 2019 Free
LTC
10% discount on all the museum’s publications Free
LTC - Children
Free up to age 16 Free
Free entrance for all as of May 29th 2019 Free