Alpineum
The Alpineum is a museum and diorama of the Alps in Lucerne, Switzerland.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: museum building in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Alpineum museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lion Monument and Bourbaki Panorama.
Lion Monument
Work of art
Photo: Bertel Thorvaldsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn.
Bourbaki Panorama
Museum
The Bourbaki Panorama is a circular panoramic painting depicting the internment of the French Armée de l'Est in neutral Switzerland at the end of the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War. Bourbaki Panorama is situated 120 metres southeast of Alpineum.
Glacier garden
Museum
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glacier garden is a museum, which is situated 110 metres north of Alpineum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dietschiberg and Emmen.
Emmen
Town
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, Public domain.
Emmen is a village and municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality Emmen consists of the village Emmen, the town Emmenbrücke, and several hamlets. Emmen is situated 3 km northwest of Alpineum.
Ebikon
Town
Photo: Jogi67, Public domain.
Ebikon is a municipality in the district of Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Ebikon is situated 3½ km northeast of Alpineum.
Alpineum
- Categories: museum building, art museum, memory institution, and tourism
- Location: Lucerne, Lucerne District, Canton of Lucerne, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.05792° or 47° 3′ 29″ northLongitude
8.31042° or 8° 18′ 38″ eastElevation
522 metres (1,713 feet)Open location code
8FVC3856+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 1573053649OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q4735602
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Alpineum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Alpineum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الپينيوم”
- German: “Alpineum”
- Italian: “Alpineum”
- Russian: “Сад ледников”
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