Switzerland Guide
Luzern
The Hans Erni Museum
Located on the edge of the Verkehrshaus site – regrettably overlooked by most visitors – this fine museum is dedicated to the Luzerner artist Hans Erni. Erni, born in 1909, has spent his long career producing art that is wonderfully warm and human, full of fluidity of figures and geometries that the museum blurb will try to convince you is linked in some spiritual way to the scientific prowess on display throughout the rest of the complex; however, his concern for human dignity in the face of modern technology stands more as a healthy counterpoint to all those displays of engineering skill. Erni is not well known outside Switzerland, but this museum – displaying 300 works – merits a special visit. Particularly outstanding are Erni's lithographs, made as illustrations for limited-edition books.
Opening time: Daily 10am–6pm; Nov– March closes 5pm
Price: Admission included with Verkehrshaus ticket, or Fr.12
Website: www.hanserni.ch