The Abbey Church of Payerne is the largest Romanesque church in Switzerland. After more than ten years of restoration and enhancement work, it reopened to the public in July 2020.

As part of the project to preserve the Abbey Church, work is underway to redevelop the site, and the Abbey Church Museum is also closed. Permanent exhibitions are available on request. Scheduled guided tours of the monument and its construction site are planned for summer 2017. The museum occupies the historic complex of an 11th-century abbey church, which houses frescoes from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Due to conservation work, the Abbey Church has been closed to the public since September 6, 2016 until spring 2017. Paintings - notably by Aimée Rapin, painter without arms (1868-1956) - are on display to the public, as is a collection in memory of General Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779-1869), a native of Payerne, Empire brigadier general, then Russian lieutenant-general, great tactician and military writer.


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