Museum Rietberg

The museum is simply beautiful. With interesting underground structure, splendid outside cafe, nice shop with great options for a small present and awesome location within park and views. The museum itself was free when we visited it, but it had so much to offer! We were with children of different age, and it was hard for us to cover everything they had. Check what exhibitions are held before visiting. Recommending!

Fascinating ethnographic museum with fabulous collections spanning many periods and continents. I would highlight the African, Chinese, Japanese, and pre-Columbian collections, among others. There is also a fascinating room of Swiss carnival masks. Beautiful location in a park setting. The original Villa Wesendonck is stunning with its connection to Mathilde Wesendonck and her relationship with Richard Wagner. There is even a Richard Wagner bust on the property. The current exhibition on the Benin bronzes is fascinating, while not being fully transparent on the role of the Kingdom of Benin in the slave trade and how manillas the Kingdom obtained in exchange for enslaved people and other goods were then cast into the Benin bronzes. It also does not document fully that the so called punitive expedition resulted from the massacre of an unarmed British trade mission.

Great museum. The villa underneath is beautiful too. The gardens and the cafe looked inviting too. Love how classical meets contemporary here. The two exhibitions on- Iran and Indigenous Colombia were brilliant. A must visit if you come to Zurich

Museum of Asian and African art with an incredibly rich and versatile collection. Descriptions of the many objects lack contextual and interpretative information. Would be even better with such info. Very worthwhile visit nonetheless, especially since it's free for the rest of 2024. Great cafe with quality cakes. Beautiful building located in a lush green park.

This museum really surprises me as the history of colonisation was well covered. Span across many centuries and alot of countries being the victim or slavery/racism. Took us 1.5hrs to finish all the exhibits. Alot of it are very interactive and this definitely engages the viewers more. Good to have such awareness and may these bad history never happen ever again in future.

This museum is located inside a beautiful park, where you can also have a picnic. You can buy tickets at the counter, but I'd recommend buying online to save yourself some time. There is also a café here with lots of seats. The exhibitions change occasionally, so it's a good idea to subscribe to their newsletter.

I never thought I would ever say these words about a museum, but I actually found it not worth the money and rather boring. I had the Zürich pass so I had a discount; but it honestly wasn’t worth that still in my opinion. I was in and out in about 10 minutes and was just expecting more. The path also takes forever, so I recommend paying attention to the right hand side and climbing up the stone stairs I’ve attached a picture of. It saves you time and you’re right next to the museum then instead of trekking uphill some more.

This is a fantastic museum made up of terrific exhibits in two buildings. In the main building, everything is below ground (except the ticket counter, shop, and cloakroom). The works of art are arranged by geographical region although there is no strict barrier so from African art you progress seemlessly to Japanese art, etc. Not to be missed in the second building is a section dedicated to Faschnacht masks. Additionally, in the main building, there is a section that has some of their inventory in view. The one thing to keep in mind is that it’s impossible to avoid a bit of an uphill walk no matter which direction you come from (it’s a bit less if you come from north though).

The museum is simply beautiful. With interesting underground structure, splendid outside cafe, nice shop with great options for a small present and awesome location within park and views. The museum itself was free when we visited it, but it had so much to offer! We were with children of different age, and it was hard for us to cover everything they had. Check what exhibitions are held before visiting. Recommending!

Fascinating ethnographic museum with fabulous collections spanning many periods and continents. I would highlight the African, Chinese, Japanese, and pre-Columbian collections, among others. There is also a fascinating room of Swiss carnival masks. Beautiful location in a park setting. The original Villa Wesendonck is stunning with its connection to Mathilde Wesendonck and her relationship with Richard Wagner. There is even a Richard Wagner bust on the property. The current exhibition on the Benin bronzes is fascinating, while not being fully transparent on the role of the Kingdom of Benin in the slave trade and how manillas the Kingdom obtained in exchange for enslaved people and other goods were then cast into the Benin bronzes. It also does not document fully that the so called punitive expedition resulted from the massacre of an unarmed British trade mission.

Great museum. The villa underneath is beautiful too. The gardens and the cafe looked inviting too. Love how classical meets contemporary here. The two exhibitions on- Iran and Indigenous Colombia were brilliant. A must visit if you come to Zurich

Museum of Asian and African art with an incredibly rich and versatile collection. Descriptions of the many objects lack contextual and interpretative information. Would be even better with such info. Very worthwhile visit nonetheless, especially since it's free for the rest of 2024. Great cafe with quality cakes. Beautiful building located in a lush green park.

This museum really surprises me as the history of colonisation was well covered. Span across many centuries and alot of countries being the victim or slavery/racism. Took us 1.5hrs to finish all the exhibits. Alot of it are very interactive and this definitely engages the viewers more. Good to have such awareness and may these bad history never happen ever again in future.

This museum is located inside a beautiful park, where you can also have a picnic. You can buy tickets at the counter, but I'd recommend buying online to save yourself some time. There is also a café here with lots of seats. The exhibitions change occasionally, so it's a good idea to subscribe to their newsletter.

I never thought I would ever say these words about a museum, but I actually found it not worth the money and rather boring. I had the Zürich pass so I had a discount; but it honestly wasn’t worth that still in my opinion. I was in and out in about 10 minutes and was just expecting more. The path also takes forever, so I recommend paying attention to the right hand side and climbing up the stone stairs I’ve attached a picture of. It saves you time and you’re right next to the museum then instead of trekking uphill some more.

This is a fantastic museum made up of terrific exhibits in two buildings. In the main building, everything is below ground (except the ticket counter, shop, and cloakroom). The works of art are arranged by geographical region although there is no strict barrier so from African art you progress seemlessly to Japanese art, etc. Not to be missed in the second building is a section dedicated to Faschnacht masks. Additionally, in the main building, there is a section that has some of their inventory in view. The one thing to keep in mind is that it’s impossible to avoid a bit of an uphill walk no matter which direction you come from (it’s a bit less if you come from north though).