Visiting Museum Rietberg

About Museum Rietberg

Switzerland's museum of non-European art, with collections from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania, occupies the Villa Wesendonck and a glass entrance pavilion in the Rieterpark. The hillside park has views over the lake and is free to walk.

Tip: Combine it with a walk through the Rieterpark and a swim at Seebad Enge in summer.

Plan your visit

• Time needed: 2 hours.
• Cost: Mid-priced.
• Book ahead: not usually needed; buy on arrival.
• Where: Enge, western lakeshore of villas, parks, the Rietberg museum and the FIFA Museum.

Best time to visit Museum Rietberg

Museum Rietberg is indoors, which makes it a good plan for the wettest months:

• May: 18°C (64°F) highs, about 12 rainy days, moderate crowds.
• June: 22°C (72°F) highs, about 12 rainy days, busy crowds.
• July: 24°C (75°F) highs, about 11 rainy days, busy crowds.

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Fit it into your trip

Museum Rietberg is not on our short itineraries, so plan it as an extra once you have seen Niederdorf and the right-bank Old Town and Grossmünster.

• No. 14 of the 18 sights in our Zurich things-to-do list.
• One of the picks in museums in Zurich.
• One of the picks in zurich on a rainy day.

Near Museum Rietberg

Also in Enge, so you can walk between them:

• FIFA Museum — 2 hours, mid-priced
• Thermalbad & Spa Zürich — 2–3 hours, expensive

If you like Museum Rietberg

• Fraumünster — City and Lindenhof, 30 minutes
• Kunsthaus Zürich — Heimplatz, 2–3 hours
• Swiss National Museum — Main station, 2 hours
• Zürichhorn: Pavillon Le Corbusier and Chinese Garden — Seefeld, 1.5 hours

Staying near Museum Rietberg

Stay in Enge ($$$) to walk here: western lakeshore of villas, parks, the Rietberg museum and the FIFA Museum. All areas to stay in Zurich.

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