Muzeum Susch

About the museum

The Muzeum Susch was founded by the Polish entrepreneur and art collector Grażyna Kulczyk and opened on 2 January 2019. In Susch in the Lower Engadine she acquired a medieval monastery building and several neighbouring Engadine houses and had them converted into a museum by the architects Chasper Schmidlin and Lukas Voellmy. The complex once belonged to a monastery founded in 1157 at the Flüela Pass on the pilgrimage route; in the 19th century a brewery was added, standing above a natural mountain spring.

Because all the buildings are listed, the additional rooms were created by excavating the mountain: more than 9,000 tonnes of rock, mainly amphibolite, were blasted out. Today an underground passage connects the old and the new brewery; the exhibition spaces extend over around 1,500 square metres across several floors, partly with exposed rock. The brewery's former ice tower houses a large steel sculpture by Monika Sosnowska.

The museum sees itself as a place of debate on the model of a Kunsthalle and particularly, though not exclusively, supports women artists whose work was long overlooked. Alongside changing exhibitions, permanent site-specific installations by international artists shape the museum. It also includes an institute for research on women artists, a residency programme (Temporars Susch), a dance and performance programme (Acziun Susch), concerts and an affiliated bistro. The operator is the foundation Art Stations Foundation CH.

Highlights

• Permanent site-specific installations, including by Monika Sosnowska, Tracey Emin and Not Vital
• Listed monastery complex with a brewery, extended into the rock
• Around 1,500 m² of exhibition space in about twenty rooms
• Focus on women artists and forgotten positions
• Bistro with regional and Italian cuisine

Permanent exhibitions

• Permanente ortsspezifische Installationen – Permanent works created for the museum by international artists, including Monika Sosnowska, Tracey Emin, Heidi Bucher, Helen Chadwick and Not Vital, which respond to the architecture.
• Architektur des Museums – A tour of the complex of old monastery building, brewery, rock grotto and underground connecting passage with around 1,500 square metres of exhibition space.

Founded

2019

Operated by

Art Stations Foundation CH

Admission & discounts

The reduced rate applies to AHV, IV, children and students.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Most areas are wheelchair accessible; due to the historic character of the buildings, some rooms are not accessible without barriers. Information at the reception on +41 81 861 03 03 or info@muzeumsusch.ch. Dogs are not permitted in the museum.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Address: Surpunt 78, 7542 Susch (Lower Engadine).

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant

Bistro Muzeum Susch with fresh, regional and Italian cuisine (including homemade pasta, soups and cakes); groups of 8 or more should reserve.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events

Up to 100 guests.

Via the bistro: standing reception for up to about 100 people, dinner for up to 50, readings and concerts for up to about 90 people; corporate events, family celebrations and readings.

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