Rosengart Collection

The Rosengart Collection is a modern art museum in central Lucerne, a few minutes from the station. Built on the collection of dealers Siegfried and Angela Rosengart, it is renowned for major holdings of Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee.

• Three display levels – basement with 125 works by Paul Klee, ground floor with Pablo Picasso paintings 1938–1969, first floor with Picasso works on paper and other artists.
• Five Picasso portraits of Angela Rosengart – a rare personal series on permanent view.
• Over 300 works and a “rendezvous with 25 masters” – from Monet and Cézanne to Matisse, Chagall, Braque and Miró.
• Former Swiss National Bank building 1923–1924 by Hermann Herter – converted for the museum by Roger Diener.
• Prime location – entrance at Pilatusstrasse 10, ~3 minutes on foot from Lucerne station.

• A chronological sequence of Picasso paintings on the ground floor and his works on paper upstairs.
• The Paul Klee floor covering all phases of his oeuvre.
• The preserved former bank boardroom and the neoclassical interior ensemble.

Siegfried and Angela Rosengart assembled their modern art holdings through the 20th century; in 1978 parts of the Picasso group were shown in a dedicated museum in Lucerne. In 1992 Angela established the Rosengart Foundation to prepare a permanent public home.

In 2000 the Foundation purchased the 1923–1924 National Bank building and commissioned Diener & Diener to convert it. The museum opened to the public on 26 March 2002, spanning three floors and cementing Lucerne as a key venue for classic modernism.

Location: Pilatusstrasse 10, 6003 Lucerne – 3 minutes’ walk from the station.

Getting there: Walk from Luzern Bahnhof via Zentralstrasse to Pilatusstrasse; bus stops Bahnhof and Kantonalbank nearby.

Access: Fully wheelchair-accessible; pushchairs are not permitted inside.

Visiting hours: April–October daily 10:00–18:00; November–March daily 11:00–17:00; closed only on Fasnacht carnival days.

Visit duration: 60–90 minutes; up to 2 hours with an audio guide and pauses.

Best time: Weekday mornings for quieter galleries; a good rainy-day option thanks to intimate rooms.

Notes: Tickets – adults CHF 20, seniors/registered disabled CHF 18, students up to 30 and children 7–16 CHF 10; Swiss Museum Pass and Raiffeisen card accepted; public Sunday tours add CHF 8 to admission.