Engraved over the three-arched entrance of the Rumine Palace are the words “Vniversite Mussees Biblioeqve” which meant the “university museum and library” when it was completed in 1902. Today it contains five museums and is also the cantonal library. It was the gift of Gabriel de Rumine who was the son of a wealthy Russian prince. He was only 30 when he died in Lausanne.
