Rietberg Museum

The Rietberg Museum is a museum of art from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania in Zurich -Enge. It is the only art museum for non -European cultures in Switzerland, the third largest museum in Zurich and the largest operated by the city of Zurich itself Museum. It has around 90,000 visitors a year.

Location and building

The Rietberg Museum is located in the 67,000 -square-meter Rieterpark and consists of several historic buildings: the Villa Wesendonck, the coach house, the Villa Rieter and Villa Schönberg. On 17 February 2007, the extension of the Emerald architects Alfred Grazioli and Adolf Krischanitz was opened; through this, mostly subterranean construction, the exhibition area of the museum was more than doubled.

The Rieterpark is well served by public transport: it is close to the Zurich Enge train station and can be reached via tram line 7 and the number 33 bus the transport company Zurich.

History

1945 bought the city of Zurich and the Rieterpark Villa Wesendonck. 1949, the reconstruction of the Villa Wesendonck was decided in a museum for the collection of Baron Eduard von der Heydt by referendum, which took place 1951/52 by the architect Alfred degree man. The Rietberg Museum was opened on 24 May 1952. Until 1956 it was headed by Johannes Itten, then by Elsy Leuzinger (1956 - 1972), Eberhard Fischer (1973 - 1998) and Albert Lutz ( since 1998).

1976 bought the Zurich city threatened by demolition Villa Schönberg, which was opened in 1978 as an extension of the Museum Rietberg. Today it houses the administration of the Museum as well as an extensive reference library.

Organization and financing

The Rietberg Museum is a service department of the Präsidialdepartements city of Zurich. It has around one hundred employees ( the equivalent of about 40 full-time positions; 2007). Funding is almost halfway through the city of Zurich, the other half is generated from the operation, donations and sponsorship. The collection is primarily by donations.

Publisher Museum Rietberg

The self-publishing the Museum Rietberg was taken shortly after the founding of the museum in 1952. He first published collection catalogs for Asian and African art, as well as smaller individual monographs. In connection with the large special exhibitions, which are carried out since 1985, took to the publishing activity, so that today four to six new titles are published each year.

Gallery

Exhibition space in the Villa Wesendonck

Museum Café in the Villa Wesendonck

Staircase to the subterranean exhibition rooms of the new building

Items in shop stock

Schaulager

Exhibition space in the new building

Exhibition space in the new building

Museum shop in the new building

Entrance area of the new building ( Emerald )

Entrance of the Villa Wesendonck (left the carriage house, the right of the Emerald )