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Collection de l'Art Brut

11 av des Bergieres, Lausanne 1004, Switzerland
41 21 315 25 70
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Ranked #1 of 21 attractions in Lausanne
Type: Art Museums
Traveller Description: The Musee de L’Art Brut is appropriately in a somewhat strange and out-of-the-way location for most tourists.  However, public transportation allows... more »
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Geneva, Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW

The artists who have their work in this alternative, but well-known, small museum are not professionally trained, but instead have produced masterpieces out of compulsions that are driven by madness or near-mad disturbances. Some works are child-like, but still quite profound. Much better than the Olympics Museum.

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 March 2013

The art is very interesting, but often not as interesting as the stories of the artists themselves. This place is much larger than it appears, we spent a whole morning exploring it, and ran out of energy by the end. Recommended

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Geneva, Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 March 2013

This museum is really fascinating. The only one where I read all the comments about artists. Seems king of small but finally, you'll be there for like 2hours. They have a huge collection. Only problem : parking. Don't go when there's a festival, you won't be able to park anywhere. Otherwise, there's a parking 300 before the museum.

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Near Geneva
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 March 2013

Different stuff! A good choice of material. Several floors of exhibition. We did not see many other visitors.

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Lausanne, Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 March 2013

An extraordinary voyage in a very beautiful museum. You will see the pieces of different artists who have developped their talents "hiding" from the society or from the normal art channels.

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Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 February 2013

The Art Brut museum houses art from the weird and wonderful. Most of the artists have suffered from some sort of mental or psychological problems, which makes it a fascinating insight into art as a therapy. Collections are accompanied by French and English descriptions of the artists and their lives, to give you context. My favourite museum in the world!

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Lausanne, Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 February 2013

This museum is excellent. Built upon Switzerland's historical links with psychological institutions (Jung, Freud, et al), this museum has well put together exhibitions, unassuming, polite staff and a varied collection of works (from across Europe). I firmly recommend it as one of the highlights of attractions in Lausanne. Easily spend 2-3 hours here, so great for those cold weekend winter... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 February 2013

Edgar Allan Poe said: "What you mistake for madness is just over acuteness of the senses". Let's go inside and assess it, totally true.

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Lausanne, Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 February 2013

Whenever friends come to town, I always schedule a visit to the Art Brut museum. It is outsider art at its best, with short biographies in French and English about each artist, and enough room to walk around and see the works you find intriguing. It takes at least 2 hours, and even then you haven't seen it all -... More

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Bucharest, Romania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 January 2013

As the description on the official site of the museum states, the collection consists of works of art by people untouched by artistic culture, often never published or known of before the death of the artist. This means that the subjects are unusual, the techniques less exercised but the result nevertheless fascinating. The best museum in Laussane, and a very... More

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