Museum collection Am Römerholz, Art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland.
The museum collection Am Römerholz is a private art collection housed in a villa and an adjacent gallery wing in the Lind district of Winterthur, Switzerland. It brings together European paintings ranging from the 14th century to the early 20th century, displayed across both the original residential rooms and the purpose-built gallery space.
Oskar Reinhart bought the villa in 1924 and had Maurice Turrettini add a gallery wing for his growing collection. In 1958 he bequeathed the villa and its collection to the Swiss Confederation, and after his death in 1965 the museum opened to the public on 7 March 1970. Loans of works were long prohibited under the deed of gift; since 2018 the Federal Office of Culture has allowed individual loans.
The paintings hang in the rooms of a private villa, so visitors see them in a setting that feels closer to a home than to a public gallery. Works by artists such as El Greco, Goya, and Courbet share space with period furniture, giving the visit an unusually domestic feel.
The museum has been closed since 9 December 2024 for renovation work, with reopening planned for early 2026. The villa and the gallery wing that Turrettini added for the growing collection are connected, so plan enough time to pass between the residential rooms and the gallery without hurrying.
Although the collection now belongs to the Swiss state, the interior of the villa still looks much as it did when Oskar Reinhart lived there. Some of his personal furniture remains in place, giving the rooms the feel of a home rather than a public institution.
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