Segantini Museum

About the museum

The Segantini Museum in St. Moritz was ceremonially opened in 1908, nine years after the death of the painter Giovanni Segantini. The initiator was the St. Moritz physician Oskar Bernhard, a friend and patron of the artist. The architect Nicolaus Hartmann took his inspiration from the pavilion that Segantini had designed for his Engadine Panorama at the 1900 Paris World Exhibition. The central building with its massive dome stands on the steep slope above Lake St. Moritz and feels like a walk-in monument.

At first the museum could only show loans. From 1911, with a public collection and the support of the Gottfried Keller Foundation, it succeeded in acquiring parts of the Alpine triptych "Werden – Sein – Vergehen" (Becoming – Being – Passing) and reuniting them. It remains the museum's main attraction to this day. In 2001 the paintings and drawings of the Otto Fischbacher / Giovanni Segantini Foundation came to the museum on deposit. Today the holdings comprise 37 paintings and 26 drawings.

The building was extended in 1981 with an exhibition room, comprehensively renovated in 1998/99 for the 100th anniversary of the artist's death, and fitted with a lift and wheelchair-accessible access. In 2019 it was renewed again, creating a small visitors' café, a multi-purpose room and storerooms.

Highlights

• The most comprehensive ensemble of works by Giovanni Segantini in the world
• Alpine triptych "Werden – Sein – Vergehen" in the domed hall
• 37 paintings and 26 drawings
• Monument-like domed building from 1908 above Lake St. Moritz
• Visitors' café and museum kit for school groups

Permanent exhibitions

• Alpentriptychon «Werden – Sein – Vergehen» – Segantini's monumental three-part main work hangs in the domed hall in front of umber-green jute cloth and has always been the highlight of the museum.
• Sammlung: Gemälde und Zeichnungen – 37 paintings and 26 drawings, including "Ave Maria bei der Überfahrt" and "Mittag in den Alpen", form the most comprehensive ensemble of the painter's work in the world.

Founded

1908

Operated by

Giovanni Segantini Stiftung

Admission & discounts

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

Due to a fault in the stair lift, the domed hall with the Alpine triptych currently cannot be reached by wheelchair. The two lower exhibition rooms are wheelchair-accessible.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Stroller-friendly: not available

Art education for school classes and for children's and youth groups. A museum kit can be borrowed for three weeks. Strollers are not permitted in the exhibition rooms.

Getting there & parking

The museum is located on Via Somplaz, which links the centre of St. Moritz with the Suvretta district.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers

Small visitors' café (since 2019), museum shop, and lockers at the entrance for bags and backpacks. Food and drink are not permitted in the exhibition rooms.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 50 guests.

Up to 50 people (40 seated and 10 standing). Rental is CHF 1,000 flat for one hour, and CHF 200 for each additional hour. Apéros only in the reception area.

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