Museum of Cultures

The Museo delle Culture di was opened on 23 September 1989 with the aim of preserving most of the ethnic art collected by Serge Brignoni and coming in particular from the Far East, India, South-East Asia, Indonesia and Oceania.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Lugano (Switzerland)
  • Also known as: “MUSEC”, “Museo delle Culture”, and “Museum of Cultures (MUSEC)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monte Brè and Villa Favorita.

Peak
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 3.0.
is a small mountain east of on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the and the . It is considered one of the sunniest points in .

Park
Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a park, which is situated 590 metres west of Museum of Cultures.

Church
Photo: Elvezio, Public domain.
is situated 450 metres northwest of Museum of Cultures.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castagnola and Aldesago.

Suburb
Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a on the northern shore of , below the mountain of , in the . Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the , although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name .

Neighborhood
is a on the western slopes of the mountain of , in the . Politically the village forms part of the of the , although until 1972 Brè-Aldesago was an independent municipality.

Suburb
is a on the northern shore of , to the east of the outfall of the , in the . Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the , although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.

Museum of Cultures

Latitude
46.00081° or 46° 0′ 3″ north
Longitude
8.98334° or 8° 59′ east
Elevation
294 metres (965 feet)
Open location code
8FRC2X2M+88
Geo­Names ID
10286243
Wiki­data ID
Q665206
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Russian—“Museum of Cultures” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լուգանոյի մշակույթների թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Մշակույթների թանգարան”
  • Chinese: “卢加诺文化博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Museum of Cultures”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الثقافات”
  • French: “Museo delle Culture”
  • German: “MUSEC”
  • German: “Museo delle Culture”
  • German: “Museum der Kulturen Lugano (MUSEC)”
  • Italian: “MUSEC”
  • Italian: “Museo delle culture (MUSEC)”
  • Italian: “Museo delle culture”
  • Italian: “Villa Malpensata”
  • Russian: “Музей культур”

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