The Jan Michalski Foundation
for Writing and Literature
En Bois Désert 10
1147 Montricher, Switzerland
© Leo Fabrizio
© Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
Access
Access by car
Route de Chardève 2, 1147 Montricher. GPS 46°36’28.5″N 6°22’38.3″E
Parking is available at the entrance of the Foundation.
Access by public transport
The bus stop “Montricher-Michalski Foundation” of the MBC line 742 serves the Foundation directly several times a day, on weekdays and weekends. Connections to the train are provided at the Montricher and Bière stations.
742 Montricher-Bière bus schedules are available here.
The “Montricher-Michalski Foundation” stop is on the SBB platform. You can combine your train and bus journey on SBB.
Contact us
Tel +41 21 864 01 01Email info@fondation-janmichalski.ch
Hours
The Foundation will be closed on 24, 25, 26 and 31 December 2024, and on 1 and 2 January 2025.
Library & Café-Bookshop
Tuesday – Sunday: 9 am – 6 pm
Exhibition
Tuesday – Friday: 2 pm – 6 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11 am – 6 pm
Admission
Free admission
The exhibition space is closed when temporary shows are not on display. The auditorium is only open when it is part of the events regularly held there.
Audiences
A specific program is designed to meet the needs and interests of our different target audiences, according to their interactions with the Jan Michalski Foundation. Information about financial assistance can be found in the Associations & Institutions section.
Café
© Leo Fabrizio
Welcome to Café La Canopée!
The Jan Michalski Foundation’s bookstore café invites you to come in and read, daydream, chat, meet other readers and friends of the written word, and of course have a bite to eat and/or a drink. Here you can indulge in small-plate homemade cuisine offering both meat and vegetarian panini, a gaspacho and a salad du jour, and desserts at any time of day, along with a range of hot and cold beverages, and a selection of wines. The bookstore side of the equation features works by our writers in residence and a selection of titles reflecting current cultural events and interests.
Picnics are allowed outside only. We do not have a self-service microwave. Thank you for your understanding
Student special
-10% discount at Café La Canopée for all students who show their valid student ID card.
Hours
Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 9 am to 6 pm
Shop
In our bookstore-giftshop you can find all of our exhibition catalogues along with postcards, works by our writers in residence, and a selection of books related to the cultural activities going on at the Foundation.
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During this Advent season, the Foundation’s bookstore is adorned with its finest decorations to offer you a catalog that invites sharing. It is enriched with a beautiful selection of favorites: stories, writings, and correspondence from authors, fine art books, and treasures of children’s literature. Wonders to give or to treat yourself to!
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Our exhibition catalogues are available both at the Foundation’s bookstore and by mail order with payment in advance. Shipping costs are calculated in addition to the indicated sales price, depending on the destination of the shipment.
Colette, Écrire, pouvoir écrire
Markus Raetz, Le reflet des mots
Anselm Kiefer, Livres et xylographies
Blaise Cendrars et Sonia Delaunay, La Prose du Transsibérien (sold out)
Photolittérature
Georg Baselitz, Malelade – Bestiaire d’images et de mots
Pierre-Alain Bertola, Ecritures graphiques (sold out)
Gustave Roud, Le monde des signes et l’univers des choses
Henri Michaux, Figures – Ecritures
Nearby
Your visit to the Jan Michalski Foundation needn’t limit itself to the foundation property; there are plenty of enjoyable things to do outside and beyond our walls, from nature walks to the many discoveries waiting to be made. A range of reasons and ready activities for taking advantage of the protected environment at the foot of the beautiful Vaudois Jura.
On foot to the top of Mont Tendre
Discover the village of Montricher on foot
By bike along the Voie des sens
In the Jura Vaudois Park
Galerie La Chaumière, Montricher
Fromagerie Gourmande, Montricher
Yves Hohl Confiseur, L’Isle
The Oil-Mill of Sévery
Château de Vullierens
The Deux-Sapins family inn
Slow Tourism
Tous en selle au Pied du Jura
Brasserie de Couvaloup, Apples
La Grange de Nane
