Museum Jenisch Vevey

What Museum Jenisch Vevey does

Museum Jenisch Vevey (Musée Jenisch Vevey) is a non-profit communal art museum founded in 1897 and located in Vevey, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is owned and operated by the Ville de Vevey and houses a permanent collection of more than 40,000 prints, 11,000 drawings, and 1,600 paintings. The museum acts as the institutional home for two affiliated entities: the Cabinet cantonal des estampes, the cantonal print cabinet of Vaud, and the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, which stewards the Austrian Expressionist's legacy in Switzerland.

The museum's programmatic activity is anchored in temporary exhibitions — current offerings span the contemporary Swiss painter Uwe Wittwer, printmaker Frédéric Cordier, and the Kokoschka retrospective L'odyssée de Kokoschka — supported by an international co-production network that includes Editions VFO, Hirmer Verlag, art&fiction, URDLA, and Galerie Judin. Commercial revenue is generated through ticketed guided tours (CHF 15), exhibition catalogues (CHF 49-54), and high-margin limited-edition prints (CHF 500-800); the Ville de Vevey underwrites free admission on the first weekend of each exhibition, a deliberate audience-development lever.

The institution employs between 11 and 50 staff and operates within a multi-stakeholder funding model combining municipal subsidy (Ville de Vevey), cantonal support (Canton de Vaud), and foundation governance (Fondation Oskar Kokoschka). As a publicly funded cultural asset, it does not pursue commercial scale; instead, its operating logic prioritizes collection stewardship, curatorial output, and cultural access.

Name

Museum Jenisch Vevey

Legal name

Musée Jenisch Vevey

Website

https://museejenisch.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1897

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Museum Jenisch Vevey is a non-profit communal art museum founded in 1897 in Vevey, Switzerland, housing over 40,000 prints and 11,000 drawings, serving the public, researchers, and collectors through exhibitions, guided tours, and limited-edition publications.

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Product category

Art Museum

NAICS

Museums (71211)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Museums (THAJADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA), Archives, Special Collections & Preservation Operations (Rare Materials, Conservation) (EDAEAGAJ)

Keywords

• Art museum exhibitions
• Fine art collections
• Printmaking and drawings
• Cultural heritage institution
• Exhibition publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Vevey

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Musée Jenisch Vevey is a public art museum that preserves and exhibits a collection of over 40,000 prints and engravings (Cabinet cantonal des estampes), 11,000 drawings, and approximately 1,600 paintings, complemented by temporary exhibitions, artist-focused shows, publication of exhibition catalogs, limited edition prints, and on-site guided tours. It also houses the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka and offers an online collection database for research and public access.

Product overview

Museum Jenisch Vevey is an art museum in Vevey, Switzerland, established in 1897. The museum operates as a unified institution comprising multiple interconnected collections and services: the core permanent painting collection (over 1,600 paintings), the Cabinet cantonal des estampes (cantonal print cabinet with 40,000+ prints and 11,000 drawings), the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, an online digital collection database, rotating temporary exhibitions, publications, limited editions, guided tours and events, and a café/boutique. The museum's offering is organized around its specialization in works on paper alongside painting, with exhibitions spanning historical and contemporary artists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cabinet cantonal des estampes: The Cantonal Print Cabinet specializing in prints and drawings, part of the museum's collections
• Fondation Oskar Kokoschka

Products and services

• Exhibitions

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Fondation Oskar KokoschkacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fondation Oskar Kokoschka is housed within the museum and manages the artist's estate and collection. The museum hosts exhibitions related to Kokoschka's work, including L'odyssée de Kokoschka exhibition (May-August 2026). The foundation is curated by Aglaja Kempf.
• Canton of Vaud (État de Vaud)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Cabinet cantonal des estampes (Cantonal Print Cabinet) is a collection owned by the Canton of Vaud and managed by the museum. Works from this collection are regularly exhibited, including pieces by Frédéric Cordier.
• Fondation de la Société des Beaux-Arts de VeveymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate foundation that has historically contributed to the enrichment of the museum's collections, playing an important role in the institution's collection development.
• Fondation pour les Arts et les LettresmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate foundation supporting the museum's collection development and artistic programs.
• Fondation des Amis du Musée Jenisch VeveymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFriends of the museum foundation that supports museum activities; members receive free access to guided tours and other benefits.
• Ville de VeveycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe City of Vevey provides permanent funding and support, and has instituted free admission to communal museums on the first weekend of each month to ensure cultural accessibility.
• Musée historique de Vevey and Musée suisse de l'appareil photographiqueminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOther communal museums in Vevey that also benefit from the Ville de Vevey's free weekend initiative.
• URDLA (Villeurbanne, France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrédéric Cordier's printer and publisher. An exhibition of Cordier's work runs at URDLA from April 25 to July 4, 2026, complementing the Vevey exhibition.
• Editions VFO (Zurich)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership for producing and distributing limited art editions by Uwe Wittwer. Four new prints were created and editions are sold at the museum boutique and through VFO's website.
• art&fiction (Lausanne)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublisher of Frédéric Cordier's monograph 'Frédéric Cordier. 2010-2022' (196 pages, bilingual French/English, 54 CHF).
• Hirmer Verlag (Munich)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-publisher with Musée Jenisch Vevey of the exhibition catalog 'Uwe Wittwer. Avant que le verre ne cède' (30.5 × 22.2 cm format).
• Galerie Judin (Berlin)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGallery representing Uwe Wittwer; some works in the exhibition come from Galerie Judin's collection.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MAMCO (Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva): Swiss contemporary art museum with rotating exhibitions and a strong publication/edition program. Comparable as a Swiss art museum with temporary exhibitions and limited-edition art offerings.
• Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva): Large Swiss public art and history museum. Comparable as a publicly funded Swiss museum offering permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, and educational/publication programs.
• Fondation Beyeler: Swiss art museum near Basel with strong international brand and rotating exhibitions. Comparable as a Swiss art museum with works-on-paper holdings, temporary exhibitions, and a museum boutique/publication program.
• Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA Lausanne): Cantonal art museum in the Vaud region. Closely comparable as a Swiss Romande public art museum with permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, and a similar funding base (canton + foundations).
• Kunstmuseum Basel: One of Switzerland's oldest and most significant public art collections. Highly comparable as a municipally supported Swiss art museum with permanent collections and major temporary exhibitions.
• Zentrum Paul Klee (Bern): Swiss museum dedicated to a single artist with significant cultural programming. Comparable in its artist-foundation model and museum shop/café/guided-tour offerings alongside a permanent exhibition.
• Kunsthaus Zürich: Major Swiss art museum with comparable fine art collections and temporary exhibition programming. Directly comparable as a Swiss art museum serving both local residents and international visitors with permanent and temporary exhibitions.
• Musée de l'Art Brut (Lausanne): Swiss museum with a unique curatorial specialization, also in the Vaud canton. Comparable as a specialized Swiss public art museum with curated exhibitions and educational programming.
• Kunsthalle Bern: Swiss kunsthalle focused on contemporary art exhibitions. Comparable as a Swiss institution hosting temporary exhibitions with a publication program, though without a comparable permanent collection.

Broad incumbents

• Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich): Large German art museum with broad modern and contemporary collections. Comparable as an established European art museum with publications, editions, café, and significant print/drawing collections.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/museejenisch
• Instagraminstagram.com/jenischmuseedartdevevey
• Xx.com/museejenisch

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Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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