The Musée Jenisch is a museum of fine arts and prints at
Vevey
Vevey (; frp, Vevê; german: label=former German, Vivis) is a town in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used.
It was the seat of the district of ...
in
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
in Switzerland. It was set up on 10 March 1897, thanks to a legacy of 200,000 francs from Fanny Henriette Jenisch (1801–1881), wife of Martin Johann Jenisch (
de), a senator of Hamburg. It was designed in the neo-classical style by the architect Louis Maillard and Robert Convert.
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Art museums and galleries in Switzerland
Vevey
Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud
Art museums established in 1897
1897 establishments in Switzerland
Museums in the canton of Vaud