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Museo delle Culture

Opening hours

Mon / Wed / Thurs / Fri: 11.00 – 18:00

Sat / Sun and Public Holidays: 10.00 – 18.00

CLOSE ON TUESDAY

Closed on December 24, 25 and 31

Ticket Prices

Single ticket (from 16 years): CHF 15.00
Reduced ticket (AVS-AI; University Students; FAI Swiss; ISIC Card): CHF 10.00
Children and Teenegers (6-15 years): CHF 5.00
Reductions (non-cumulative)
MyLugano Card, Holiday Card and TicinoTicket: – 20%

Free
Children (0-5 years)
ICOM; VSM-AMS;Swiss Museumpass; Raiffeisen members; Swiss Travel Pass. MUSEC accepts AG Culture Pass

Advantages for Corriere del Ticino and Tessiner Zeitung subscribers:
-30% discount on entrance tickets (non-combinable)
-30% discount on guided tours (non-combinable)
-30% discount on bookshop and boutique (non-combinable)

After 5 p.m. visit the museum with a 30% discount. The offer cannot be combined with other discounts.

MUSEC MONDAYS

Every Monday you can visit MUSEC at a reduced price, taking advantage of the following discount rates:
Full admission (from 16 years old) CHF 10 instead of CHF 15.
Reduced admission (AVS-AI; University students; FAI SWISS) CHF 7 instead of CHF 10.
Entrance fee Children and Teenagers (6-15 years old) CHF 3.50 instead of CHF 5.
The offer cannot be combined with other discounts.

Guided tours and educational activities

MUSEC offers guided tours by reservation for groups in Italian, German, French and English. Please write to info@musec.ch for information and any specific needs.

School groups pay CHF 3 per pupil.

Two accompanying persons enter free of charge.

Prices
Full price: CHF 150
Admission ticket with 10% discount for 10 persons and more
School groups: CHF 120
Opening after hours
Full: CHF 80
(Hourly price. Fractions of 30 minutes are calculated. Admission and guided tour not included)

CONTACTS
MUSEC - Museum of Cultures

Entrance to the museum is possible either from
Riva Caccia 5, or from via G. Mazzini 5 (garden)
6900 Lugano
Mon / Tue / Fri: 11.00 – 18.00
Sa / Su / Holidays: 10.00 – 18.00
Ma: closed

+41 (0)58 866 69 60
info@musec.ch

For dispatch, correspondence and office entrance

Via G. Mazzini 5
6900 Lugano
Office hours
Mon-Fri: 9:00 – 17:00

+41 (0)58 866 69 60
info@musec.ch

How to reach us

Access to Villa Malpensata

Access to the MUSEC is possible from the main entrance in the garden, accessible either from Riva Caccia (lakeside) or from via G. Mazzini.

 

Train station

Swiss Federal Railways SBB
Piazzale della Stazione
CH – 6900 Lugano
0900 300 300 (SBB Rail Service)
www.ffs.ch 

Connections SBB station with the city centre:

By foot approx. 10 minutes

 La “Sasselina” funicular railway

The funicular railway departs from and arrives at Piazza Cioccaro.

Taxi service

Taxi rank at the SBB railway station forecourt

Bus

Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi SA (TPL) lines 1, 4. For those travelling with line 1 stop “Malpensata”. For those travelling with line 4 stop “Bressanella”

Car

For those arriving by car, set your GPS navigator to Via Giuseppe Mazzini 5, Lugano. There are parking spaces along the street either for a fee (white signs) or with a parking disc (blue signs). The Central Park and LAC car parks are at 5-minute walk distance.

Parking in the car park

Parking garage LAC, Lugano

Central Park

 

Accessibility

The Museum is accessible by pram or wheelchair with assistance (ramp in the park coming from Via Giuseppe Mazzini; dedicated parking available at Via Giuseppe Mazzini 5). For unaccompanied visitors, please call +41 58 866 6960 for help from the reception staff. The museum’s exhibition rooms, services and library are wheelchair-accessible.

Only recognised assistance dogs are welcome inside the museum.