The Musée Alexis Forel is located in a magnificent 16th century mansion in Morges’s attractive pedestrian Grand-Rue. This multi-disciplinary museum includes a collection of original and eloquent works of art as well as temporary exhibitions mainly featuring illustrious Morge residents.
The Alexis Forel Museum presents a varied new programme of temporary exhibitions and activities each year.
Through the annual programme, visitors may discover contemporary art by Swiss artists, as well as the showcase for the collections and the patrimony of Morges, in the magnificent historical 16th century house where the museum collections are displayed.
Concerts, lectures and theatrical performances are also on offer.
The "Boîtes à rêves" and Russian icon spaces are always open to visitors.
Did you know ?
The "Morges Manifesto", the founding text of the WWF, World Wide Fund for Nature, was signed here in 1961.
A commemorative plaque is fixed on the wall of the inner courtyard.
Musée Alexis Forel - Le Bal :
The Alexis Forel Museum once again gives pride of place to contemporary art and invites five artists to Le Bal
The museum has been transformed to welcome five original creations and installations by Albertine, Adrienne Barman, Mirjana Farkas, Krel and Claire Nydegger.
Five atmospheres of lightness, musicality, colour, movement and humanity. Faceted baubles, the path of a lost ball, garlands of lights, trodden grass, slow dance time, Argentine tango, the interplay of glances...
The Ball of Dresses
The spring-summer collection of the Swiss Fashion Museum (MuMode), Yverdon-les-Bains, featuring an exceptional selection of ball gowns.
The "Le Bal au cinéma" space, with archives from the Cinémathèque suisse, takes us from Ettore Scola's Bal to La Boum with Sophie Marceau, via Vienna, Paris and New York...
A spin around the Alexis Forel Museum?
Le Bal exhibition
Until 11 August 2024
