Timeline
From 1967 to 2000 at Avenue de Villamont, then from 2000 to 2021 at Place de la Cathédrale, and currently at Plateforme 10, mudac continues to promote transdisciplinarity and dynamic exchanges with other disciplines.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs of the City of Lausanne
1967 – 2000
In 1967, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs of the City of Lausanne opened on Avenue Villamont. From the outset, its director, Rosmarie Lippuner, focused her curation work on contemporary Swiss and international design in all its forms. In 1995, following an exchange between the City and the Canton, Maison Gaudard was returned to the city to house the successor to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (mudac). For its part, the Canton took over Musée Arlaud, located on Place de la Riponne.
mudac at Place de la Cathédrale
2000 – 2021
Listed as a Swiss cultural asset of national importance, Maison Gaudard comprises several buildings, the oldest of which date back to the 13th century – the medieval heyday of Lausanne.
Exhibitions such as Cache-cache Camouflage (2002), Nature in a Kit (2009), Playmobil (2011), Nirvana. Strange Forms of Pleasure (2014–2015), Telling Time (2015), Line of Sight (2018) and Nez à Nez. Contemporary Perfumers (2019) were a great success. In the 20 years spent in Maison Gaudard, mudac distinguished itself by its inquisitive and incisive look at what shapes our lives.
The City of Lausanne has decided to maintain the cultural and public vocation of this emblematic building in the historic district of La Cité. The Maison Gaudard has been transformed into a house of culture and digital exploration: Pyxies, an epicenter of associative, artistic and cultural activities.
An "enhanced" mudac at Plateforme 10
In June 2022, mudac moved into Plateforme 10, a new, 25,000-square-metre arts district entirely dedicated to culture that brings together three renowned museums that are primarily interested in visual creation: the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts (MCBA), Photo Elysée, and mudac, as well as the Toms Pauli and Félix Vallotton Foundations.
Since its creation, mudac has always promoted cross-disciplinarity and dynamic exchanges and collaborations with other disciplines and forms of artistic expression.