The Segantini Museum houses the most extensive and important collection of works by Giovanni Segantini, the great symbolist and innovator of Alpine painting.
The extraordinary esteem in which Segantini and his art were held in Europe manifested itself not least in the construction of a museum dedicated to him. The Segantini Museum was opened in St. Moritz in 1908, nine years after the artist's death. The architecture by Nicolaus Hartmann was based on the monumental pavilion that the artist had designed for his Engadin panorama for the Paris World Exhibition (1900). The circular building with its mighty dome has the appearance of a mausoleum and looks like a walk-in monument.
Segantini Museum, St. Moritz
The domed hall with the triptych "Life – Nature – Death" by Giovanni Segantini
Permanent Exhibition
The collection, which has reached a considerable size with 37 paintings, is complemented by a collection of 26 drawings that is unparalleled in its scope and quality. Highlights of the collection are the monumental alpine triptych "Life - Nature - Death" and the famous paintings "Hail Mary at Transshipment" and "Noon in the Alps".
Giovanni Segantini, «Mittag in den Alpen», 1891, ©Stephan Schenk
Giovanni Segantini, «Ave Maria crossing the lake», 1886, ©Stephan Schenk
Exhibition space at the Segantini Museum, ©Stephan SchenkEvents
Guided tours
On request all year round in German, English, Italian.
17.9.2025
Musical "morning greeting" in the Segantini Museum
As part of the music festival "Zeit:fluss", which the Hotel Waldhaus in Sils is organizing from 14 to 20 September, there will be
a musical "morning greeting" will take place on Wednesday, September 17, at 10 a.m.
in the domed hall of the Segantini Museum:
Elisabeth Kufferath (violin) and Karolina Öhman (violoncello) will play music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurice Ravel, Kati Agocs, Astor Piazzolla and others.
https://zeit-fluss.ch/programm-2025/#zusatzveranstaltungen
19.9.2025
The Engadine Museum Night
The Segantini Museum will take part in the Engadine Museum Night.
4 - 10 p.m.
https://www.cultura-engiadina.ch/en/projects/engadiner-museumsnacht-2025
24.10.2025
Vocal concert with the four-voice choir “Ensemble Coraux”
On Friday, Oct. 24 (8 p.m.), the museum in collaboration with Pro Grigioni Italiano, Upper Engadine section, offers a vocal concert with the four-voice choir “Ensemble Coraux” from Saint Vincent (Aosta Valley).
On the program is a song cycle on texts from Giovanni Bertacchi's main work, the “Canzoniere delle Alpi.” Bertacchi is a Chiavenna poet and man of letters (1869-1942) who was persecuted for political reasons and spent a period of exile in Val Bregaglia.
28.6.2025 – 29.6.2025
Participation of the Segantini Museum at the Open Doors Engadin
On June 28-29, the Segantini Museum will once again be taking part in Open Doors Engadin.
In addition to free admission during opening hours, two free guided tours will be offered, focusing on the fascinating history of the museum:
Saturday, June 28, 10:00-11:00 a.m.,
and Sunday, June 29, 5:00-6:00 p.m.