The Romont Glass Museum (''Vitromusée Romont''), formerly the Swiss Museum of Stained Glass, was founded in 1981 and is located in the Château de Romont, in the

canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

History

The Swiss Museum of Stained Glass was founded in 1981 in

Romont Romont (; ) is a municipality and capital of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Romont is first mentioned in 1177 as ''in Rotundo Monte''. In 1244 it was mentioned as ''Romont''. The municipality was f ...

, Canton Fribourg. Until 2006, annual attendance fluctuated between 15,000 and 18,000. In October 2006, the museum inaugurated its renovation and extension in the Château de Romont. To mark the occasion, the museum changed its name to ''Vitromusée'' and was listed as a Swiss cultural asset of national importance, as was the castle in which it is housed. From July to November 2007, the museum attracted 25,000 visitors to the exhibition “Chagall - ''Le vitrail''. The Color of Love.” From June 15 to November 2, 2014, the Glass Museum exhibits

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal; – 28 March 1985) was a Russian and French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with the School of Paris, École de Paris, as well as several major art movement, artistic styles and created ...

's “''Bouquet de Chagall.''”

Structure

Vitrofestival

''Vitrofestival'' is a

biennial Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years. The related term biennium is used in reference to a period of two years. In particular, it can refer to: * Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and t ...

glass art event organized at the Vitromusée since 2007. In 2015, it attracted almost 5,000 spectators.

Vitrocentre

''Vitrocentre'', formerly the "''Centre suisse de recherche sur le vitrail''" (Swiss Center for Stained Glass Research), was founded in 1988.

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