Morges (381 m/1,250ft: pop. 12,700), on a site once occupied by a large village of pile-dwellings, is a town of fishermen, with the headquarters of the World Wildlife Fund. It was once the home of Paderevski and Stravinsky. There are handsome 18th C. burghers' houses, a church (1776) and 16th-17th C. Town Hall.
Collections of art, furniture (15th-19th C), tapestries (16th-18th C), Chinese and French porcelains, 18-20th C puppets and toys plus a collection of prints of Alexis Forel.
In Blanchenay, an old patrician house which once belonged to the engraver Alexis Forel, is the Musée du Vieux Morges (furniture, sculpture, and pictures of the Renaissance and Gothic periods).
The Morges castle with its four round corner towers, typical of the "carré savoyard" style, (13th C.; alterations in 16th and 17th C.; restored 1948), today it houses the Vaudois arsenal containing a historical weapons collection and 10,000 lead soldiers.
Collection devoted to Ignace-Jean Paderewski (1860-1941) Polish composer and pianist. Original photographs, letters, documents, personal objects are included.
Address: Morges Salon Paderewski, Celtre Culturel Place du Casino 1, CH-1110 Morges, Switzerland
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