The campus features several exhibition spaces dedicated to the dialogue between art and science, architecture, the history of computing, and design.
EPFL and UNIL possess a collection of nearly 1,000 antique scientific instruments, dating from 1775 to 1960, some of which are on display in UNIL’s Cubotron building.
Finally, often monumental sculptures bear witness to the various stages of EPFL’s construction and the history of art in Switzerland.
Museums:
Archizoom
Archizoom is an exchange platform for exhibitions and public conferences on architecture.
Musée Bolo
The Musée Bolo preserves many witnesses of the history of Swiss IT, including those designed at EPFL.
Collections:
Collection of scientific instruments
EPFL has a collection of scientific instruments dating from 1775 to 1960. Demonstrations and lectures are organized around these objects.
Works of art fixed on campus
19 sculptures by Swiss and international artists are part of the history and architecture of the School
Archives de la construction moderne
The Archives de la Construction Moderne is the most important collection of architectural drawings in French-speaking Switzerland for research, teaching and scientific dissemination.
Exhibitions:
Montreux Jazz Café Lab and festival archives
The Montreux Jazz Café showcases the Montreux Jazz Festival archives, listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. EPFL has digitized over 5,000 concerts.
The first EPFL buildings
The exhibition “The first EPFL buildings” takes the form of a series of kiosks scattered on the upper terraces of the school’s first buildings, as well as a virtual counterpart composed of Internet pages accessible by QR code.