Experts' Choice Award MUSEC Museo Culture Lugano
What the experts agree on
Set in elegant 18th-century villas with Mediterranean gardens, this museum showcases tribal art and masks from Africa, Asia, and Oceania in beautifully preserved neoclassical settings.
“Neoclassical Villa Heleneum contains this ethnic art museum...brew of tribal relics includes a collection of masks and statues soaked in sexuality. The Mediterranean gardens nurture lemon trees”
– Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide 0 Stars
"The pretty Villa Malpensata, dating from the 18C, and for many years the site of the Museo d'Arte di Lugano, now houses the Museum of Cultures. Its rich collections come from Oceania,..." Full review
