In 2018, the Château de Prangins celebrates 20 years as home to the Swiss National Museum in French-speaking Switzerland. To celebrate this milestone, the château will host a weekend of celebrations on the 29 and 30th September. One of the events planned will be a massive work of art entitled “Flowers of Fire” which will be created […]
World Press Photo exhibition 2017 now on in Prangins
Every year the Château de Prangins hosts both the Swiss Press Photo exhibition and the World Press Photo Exhibition. Both exhibitions are now open to the public. The winning entries in the World Press Photo Exhibition 2017 were chosen from among 80,000 photos taken by more than 5,000 photojournalists and documentary photographers from over 126 […]
Oscar nominated shorts screened on Monday 3rd July in Nyon
Short animated films screening in Nyon plus, Transformers: The Last Night and documentary films in the open air at the Château de Prangins. There will be a one-off screening of the 2017 Oscar nominated short films in the animation category on Monday 3 July at 21:00 at the Capitole cinema in Nyon. All films are in […]
New photo exhibition at Château de Prangins – May podcast now out
The Château de Prangins has a new exhibition entitled “Work – from 1860 to today”. This exhibition features photographs which explore how earning a living has changed over time. From a photo from 1865 of a chambermaid working at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage in Lausanne, to a worker in 1949 clinging to scaffolding on the tower of Geneva cathedral, […]
Music this weekend – Classical, Funk and D-J set. “Nature in the Town“ and Expat Fair
There are two classical concerts on the local agenda this weekend: the Conservatoire of Western Vaud will be performing a Sunday afternoon concert at 17:00 in Nyon on the 22nd May, see poster below and link here. Also, the prestigious Ansermet Ensemble will be playing at the Salle du Vallon in St Cergue on Friday 20th May. Discover […]
