Opening hours

  • From Tuesday to Sunday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Open on public holidays as well as Easter Monday, Pentecost Monday and Monday of the Fast.
  • Closed on December 25 and January 1
  • Special hours: December 24 and 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Open on Mondays in July and August

Admission fees

Ticket valid for three days in the 3 communal museums (Historical Museum, Roman Museum, Art Brut Collection).

🎟️ Adult: CHF 12.– (special offer from February 2 - 26 CHF 6.-)
🎟️ Reduced rate (AVS/AI, Caritas Culture Card, groups of 6 or more): CHF 6.–
🎟️ Free admission for everyone on the first Saturday of each month and on International Museum Day and European Heritage Days.

🎟️ Free entry:


- Children < 18 years, students, apprentices, unemployed, RI beneficiaries, Cultissime Card, Swiss Museum Pass
- Companion of a person with a disability, teachers and educators from Lausanne childcare facilities (in preparation or during their visit), Home School (following DGEP guidelines), AMIFA hosts.
- RI and social assistance beneficiaries, adults living in Lausanne and accompanied minors without housing solution.
- Insertion / Reintegration / Social assistance: CORREF, Lausanne associations active in professional retraining and reintegration

🎟️ Free entry for group outings


- Integration: EVAM, Association Appartenance, Association Lire et Ecrire, Français en jeu, Association PAIRES and Action-Parrainages, Caritas Vaud Integration Mentorship, Confluences.
- Universal accessibility: Associations / institutions for persons with disabilities, Senior associations.
- Insertion / Reintegration / Social assistance: CORREF, Lausanne associations active in professional retraining and reintegration.

Means of payment accepted at the cash desk:

Swiss francs, Euros (change in Swiss francs); debit cards: Postcard, Maestro; credit cards: Visa, Eurocard, Mastercard, American Express.