Created: November, 1995
Last updated: 27 December, 2004

Automotive museums in Switzerland

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Agustoni Collection

Via Boss 6, 6830 Chiasso

Location: On the Swiss-Italian border

Opens: by arrangement

Interesting predominantly prewar collection, privately owned by Pietro Agustoni.

Automobil, Motorrad- und Automaten-Museum Rorschach

It's located next to the railway station (next to the lake of Constance) in the "Alte Garage"

Opening times: Open Apr - June and Sep - Oct Wed + Sat 13.30 - 17.30, Sun 10 - 17.30; Jul + Aug daily 10 - 18.00

WWW: www.alte-garage.ch

There are about 50 cars and 30 motorcycles

Espozione Veicoli d'Epoca Lugano

C/o transport publici Luganesi SA. Via Maraini 46, 6963 Pregassona

Tel: +41-91-20-7242

Opens: middle of November 'til April: Sunday 14-17 hours. Only by prior written appointment for guided group tours.

About 60 cars and 100 motorbikes.

Fondation Hervé

Aigle / Châble Croix

Tel. 0041 - (0) - 24 495 35 70; Fx - 12 27

open May - Oct on Sat 10 - 17.00;

About 20 cars.

FBW Museum

Wetzikon, Züricher Strasse 95,

Tel. 0041 - (0) -19 32 38 38

open on the 1st and 3rd Sun every month from 11 - 16.00

Contains some FBW commercial vehicles

Hartmanns Historicum

Zürcherstrasse 5, 7320 Sargans

Tel: +41-81-723-1442

Opens: Only be prior appointment, preferably writing.

24 cars and a few bicycles along with accessories

Internationales Automobil-Museum

Genéve Palexpo, Voie des Traz 40, CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex

Tel: +41-22-788-8484

Opening times: Wed - Sun 10 - 18.00

Opened since 7 March, 1995. The museum offers a unique collection of nearly 400 different vehicles brought together in a site of over 14000 m2. The collection changes from time to time.

www.cilma.ch

Monteverdi Car Collection

Oberwilerstrasse 20, 4102 Binningen-Basel

Tel: +41-61-421-4545

Location: in the centre of Binningen on southwest outskirts of Basel

Opens: daily: 13-17 h

Switzerland's largest collection of cars. Includes examples of all vehicles produced by Peter Monteverdi plus numerous other great post war Classics, racing cars, motorcyclea and 9,000 1/43 models!

www.monteverdi.net

Musé de l'automobile im Schloss Grandson

Place de Chateau, 1422 Grandson

Tel: +41-24 445 29 26. Fax: +41 24 445 42 89

Location: Grandson Castle is just north of Yverdon-les-Bains at the western end of Lac Neauchatel, 40 km from Lausanne

Open Nov - Mar 10 - 17.00 and Apr - Oct 10 - 18.00

Large general museum in Grandson Castle includes a section of 21 1898-1932 cars of which the star exhibit is Greta Garbo's 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1.

www.grandson.ch

Musée de l'automobile Fondation Pierre Gianadda

1920 Martigny

Tel: +41-26-223-978

Open Nov - June daily 10 - 18.00, June - Nov 9 - 19.00

WWW: www.gianadda.ch

The automuseum contains ~ 50 rare cars; the Art Gallery features periodically changing exhibitions of paintings; steel sculptures in the big park which contains also a Roman amphitheatre; in a new building there are Leonardo da Vinci's technical inventions shown by beautiful models and designs.

Musée de l'automobile Muriaux Claude Frésard

2338 Muriaux JU

Tel. 0041 - (0) 32 951 10 40, Fx - 13 21

Open Apr - Oct Mon - Sat 10 - 12.00, 13.30 - 17.30, Sun 10 - 18.00; Nov - March Sat 13.30 - 17.30 and Sun 10 - 12.00, 13.30 - 17.30.

www.musee-muriaux.ch

About 50 oldtimers.

Musée Jean Tua de l'automboile, de la moto et du cycle

rue des Bains 28/30, 1205 Geneva

Tel: +41-22-321-3637

Opens: Monday-Sunday: 14-18 h

60 cars and motorbikes.

By 2004 it seems that this magnificent collection has been disbanded.

Saurer Museum

Arbon, Grabenstrasse 6

Tel. +41 71 446 84 86

Open Apr - Oct on each 1st weekend from 10 - 17.00, but check first.

www.arbon-online.ch/museum/saurer, www.saureroldtimer.ch

Schärs Rallyeautosammlung

Solothurn

From the Lancia FUlvia HF 1300, 1969 to the MG Metro 6R4 various rally racers. Kuno Schär is the leader of the Ferrari Owners' Club Swtizerland.

Schweizer Militärmuseum

in Full, which is West of, and not far from, Konstanz;

Tel. 0041 - (0) 62 772 36 06;

Open Apr - Oct on Fri - Sun from 10 - 17.00;

WWW: www.festungsmuseum.ch

It contains tanks of various countries, military vehicles, cannons etc.

Verkehrshaus der Schweiz

Lidostrasse 5, CH-6006 Luzern

Tel. for info and reservations 0041 - (0) - 848 85 20 20 and - 41 375 75 75, Fx - 75 00

Open daily Nov - March 10 - 17.00, Apr - Oct 10 - 18.00

www.verkehrshaus.org