About us

Contact & opening hours

SIK-ISEA has three sites: The headquarters are in Zurich, the Antenne romande is in Lausanne and the Ufficio di contatto per la Svizzera italiana is in Lugano.

Headquarters, Zurich

Hauptsitz Zürich

Since 1993 the Institute has been based in Villa Bleuler, a listed monument built in 1885–88, at no. 32 Zollikerstrasse in the Riesbach district of Zurich. The villa was designed by Gottfried Semper’s pupil Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli for Hermann Bleuler and his wife Emma Dorothea Bleuler-Huber. Bleuler was a lieutenant general in the Swiss army and served on the Council of the Federal Polytechnikum (now ETH), which he chaired from 1888 until 1905. In 1902 the house passed to silk manufacturers Carl and Annie Abegg-Stockar. The heirs sold the villa to the City of Zurich in 1983, and SIK-ISEA was able to acquire it under a lease.

Contact & directions
SIK-ISEA
Zollikerstrasse 32
P.O. Box
 CH-8032 Zürich
T +41 44 388 51 51
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Opening hours


Institute
Monday to Friday, 8.30 to 12 am and 1.30 to 5.30 pm 

Library
Monday to Friday, 9.30 to 12 am and 1.30 to 5.30 pm (non-lending library)

Swiss Art Archives
Monday to Friday, 1.30 to 5.30 pm (by appointment)

SIK-ISEA is closed on the following public holidays: 1 January and 2 January (Berchtold’s Day), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Sechseläuten in Zurich (from 12 noon), Labour Day (1 May), Ascension Day, Whit Monday, National Day (1 August), Knabenschiessen in Zurich (from 12 noon), 24 December until 2 January.

On the day before Good Friday, Labour Day (1 May), Ascension Day and National Day (1 August) SIK-ISEA closes early at 4 pm.

Antenne romande, Lausanne

Antenne romande, Lausanne

Since 1988 the Institute has maintained a satellite office for francophone Switzerland at Lausanne University. One of the core tasks for this «Antenne romande» is to document artistic production in the west of the country. It runs its own research projects and holds conferences and seminars. Working closely with universities, it assists students with their papers and provides internships as a concrete form of practical training for aspiring art historians.

Contact & directions
SIK-ISEA
Antenne romande
UNIL-Chamberonne, Anthropole
Bureaux 4160-4163
 CH-1015 Lausanne
T +41 21 692 30 96
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Ufficio di contatto per la Svizzera italiana, Lugano

Ufficio di contatto per la Svizzera italiana, Lugano

For the Italian-speaking region, the Institute opened an «Ufficio di contatto» in 2010, then at the Museo Vincenzo Vela in Ligornetto and since 2020 at the Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. Its principal task is to document artistic production in the south of the country and make this available through the online lexicon SIKART, which is accessible free of charge.

Contact & directions
SIK-ISEA
Ufficio di contatto per la Svizzera italiana
c/o Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana
Via Canova 10
 CH-6900 Lugano
T +41 91 921 01 83
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