La Côte region - between Lake and mountain

Nyon Castle

Nyon

A magnificent historical fortress, the Château de Nyon is located in the town centre, with a breathtaking view of Lake Geneva. A major cultural site, the castle houses a famous exhibition of porcelain made in Nyon and traces over 2000 years of history in the region.

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Museums in Morges Castle

Morges

Built to protect the town in the Middle Ages, Morges Castle is now an important cultural and recreational attraction with five museums under its roof: the Military Museum, Figurine Museum, Artillery Museum, Police Museum and Paderewski Museum.

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Lake Geneva Museum

Nyon

Located on the shores of Lake Geneva, Nyon is a city of culture, whose history is closely linked to that of the lake. To pay homage to Lake Geneva, Nyon is devoting a very comprehensive museum to it. Nature, culture, science: all aspects of the largest lake in Western Europe are covered at the Musée du Léman.

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Roman Museum of Nyon

Nyon

temporarily closed until 5.02.2023 Let the collections of the Nyon Roman Museum take you back to Noviodunum, a city founded over 2,000 years ago by Julius Caesar on the shores of Lake Geneva. Right next to the castle, the museum includes permanent collections, temporary exhibitions and kids’ activities.

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Swiss National Museum - Château de Prangins

Prangins

Near Nyon, the majestic Château de Prangins houses the headquarters of the Swiss National Museum for French-speaking Switzerland. Prangins is an unmissable cultural site in the region thanks to this castle-museum, the largest visitable 18th century castle in Switzerland, which includes the largest historical vegetable garden in the country.

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Musée Alexis Forel

Morges

The Musée Alexis Forel is located in a magnificent 16th century mansion in Morges’s attractive pedestrian Grand-Rue. This multi-disciplinary museum includes a collection of original and eloquent works of art as well as temporary exhibitions mainly featuring illustrious Morge residents.

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Bolle Museum

Morges

Discover inspirational exhibitions on Morges and its region in a magnificent 18th century house, in the heart of the old town of Morges. The museum presents and promotes the cultural heritage of Morges through many temporary exhibitions.

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Coppet Castle

Coppet

The Château de Coppet overlooks the historic old town between Nyon and Geneva, on the shores of Lake Geneva. It has remained in the same family for nine generations and is open to visitors from April to October. You can discover the places where Jacques Necker, minister of the French king Louis XVI and his daughter Germaine de Staël lived.

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