The Kunstmuseum Solothurn or Art Museum Solothurn is an art museum in the Swiss town Solothurn.
The museum opened in 1902. The early exposition showed the town's collections of arts, historical artifacts and natural historical objects. Around 1980, the natural history collection was moved to the Naturmuseum Solothurn, the museumsbuilding was converted and since then exhibits art from various collections along with short-period exhibitions of contemporary art.
Collection
Madonna of the Strawberries by an unknown German master, ca. 1425Solothurn Madonna, by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1522
The collection has five divisions: old masters, Swiss landscapes from the 18th until the 20th century, Swiss contemporary art, and two separate collections from gifts from collectors; the Dûbi-Müller and Josef-Müller collection, focused on international art from the late 19th and early 20th century, and a collection of works by Max Gubler.
