Plate­forme 10

The merger of the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA), Photo Elysée, and mudac, together with the Toms Pauli and Félix Vallotton foundations, forms a new 25,000 m² arts district in the heart of Lausanne.

The Arts District

Plate­forme 10 is home to the three cantonal museums of Vaud – Photo Elysée, mudac, and the MCBA – as well as the collec­tions of the Toms Pauli and Félix Vallot­ton found­a­tions. Located on an esplanade right next to the rail­way station, Lausan­ne’s arts district includes three restaur­ants with terraces (Le Nabi, Arca­dia Restaur­ant, and Café Lumen), two book­shops, and several arcades.

The Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts

The MCBA was the first museum to open its doors on the Plate­forme 10 site in 2019, in a setting that aimed to foster the best possible rela­tion­ship between visit­ors and the art: a prior­ity for the insti­tu­tion, with the archi­tec­ture aiming to high­light rather than over­shadow the artworks. The restaur­ant, book­shop, audit­or­ium, special­ised library, and cultural outreach work­shop are all designed to enhance the visit and foster discus­sion.

The MCBA’s collec­tion comprises some 11,000 works, and its national and inter­na­tional repu­ta­tion is based on five major collec­tions: Abra­ham-Louis-Rodol­phe Ducros (1748–1810), Charles Gleyre (1806–1874), Théo­phile-Alex­an­dre Stein­len (1859–1923), Félix Vallot­ton (1865–1925), and Louis Sout­ter (1871–1942).

Photo Elysée

Photo Elysée is a key cultural insti­tu­tion, renowned for its demand­ing exhib­i­tions, bench­mark edit­or­ial content, innov­at­ive and inclus­ive events, and for the archives it preserves and promotes. It reflects the diversity of photo­graphic prac­tices. The museum, located at the base of the new build­ing at Plate­forme 10, will have a total surface area of almost 3,800 square metres.

Plate­forme 10 Found­a­tion

The Plate­forme 10 Found­a­tion is a public-law found­a­tion suppor­ted by the Canton of Vaud. Its main mission is to manage and develop the cantonal museums MCBA, mudac, and Photo Elysée, as well as all the func­tions, infra­struc­tures, activ­it­ies, and events that unfold on the Plate­forme 10 site.