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 assembled the collection over decades and opened it to the public in 1958, a few years before his death in 1965. He then left the villa and everything in it to the Swiss Confederation, which has managed the site ever since.
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.
Wednesday evenings offer free entry, which is worth keeping in mind when planning the visit. The collection is spread across two connected parts of the building, so allow enough time to move between the villa rooms and the gallery wing without rushing.
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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