Rietberg Museum Zurich, situated in Gablerstrasse, is one of the great repositories of art and culture in the city. The museum is located to the north of Rieter Park beyond Seestrasse and is positioned at a short distance from Zurich's Belvoir Park.
The artifacts of Rietberg Museum at Zurich are placed in the Neo-classical villa that was constructed in the year 1857. The architectural style of the villa is similar to the Villa Albani in Rome. The country house was originally established for Otto Wesendonck, a wealthy German industrialist. It was used as an assembly by the scholarly elite of Zurich to convene intellectual conversations. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and Wagner had visited the villa. Acquired by the city in the year 1952, the villa was converted into Rietberg Museum.
The museum houses the collection of Baron Eduard von der Heydt. The Rietberg Museum at Zurich also displays exhibits gathered from various corners of the world. The temple pictures and bronze artifacts from Tibet, ceramics and jade, Indian sculpture, Chinese grave decorations, Buddhist steles, craftwork from the Pacific, North America and the Near East and carvings, bronze handiworks and masks by African tribes are some of the artifacts displayed in Rietberg Museum, Zurich.
Rietberg Museum in Zurich is situated in the following address:
Rietberg Museum Zurich
Villa Wesendonck
Gablerstrasse 15
CH-8002 Zurich
Switzerland
