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Top 10 Museums in Geneva, Canton of Geneva
The shores of Lake Geneva have attracted visitors and invaders for millennia. The cheerful city of Geneva sits on the lake's western shore, lofty snowcapped peaks creating a gorgeous backdrop on all sides. The city is perfect for exploring on foot; rent a bike to venture further. The top of any itinerary should be visits to Geneva's lakefront and its famed water fountain, the Flower Clock in the English Garden, St. Peter's Cathedral, Reformation Wall, Place Neuve and the birthplace of the U.N.
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1. Musee du Vieux Plainpalais
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
2. The Geneva Skateboard Museum / Pulp68
3. Galerie Analix
4. MB&F M.A.D.Gallery
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5.0 based on 65 reviews
5. Sotheby's
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Located in the historic Beau-Rivage Hotel on the shore of Lac Léman, Sotheby's Geneva has played host to bi-annual sales of jewellery and watches for 35 years. Exhibitions in the Sotheby's galleries change frequently, depending upon upcoming auctions. For the most up-to-date exhibition schedules, please refer to the Sotheby's website. Sotheby's galleries are open to the public and free to visit.
6. Musee D'Art Et D'Histoire
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4.5 based on 469 reviews
Built between 1903 and 1910 by Genevan architect Marc Camoletti, with the aim of regrouping under one roof a number of dispersed public collections, the Musée d'art et d'histoire is one of Switzerland's most important encyclopaedic museums. Boasting over half a million objects including a number of major works and unique series that have made it an institution of international stature, the museum maintains a permanent exhibition of a selection of itsapplied arts, fine arts and archaeology collections. Regional archaeological discoveries, Egyptian and Classical antiquities, artworks, furniture, arms, musical instruments, paintings and sculptures all bear witness to 15,000 years of history. A renovation and enlargement project is currently underway and constitutes one of the major challenges facing the Museum over the coming years.
Reviewed By timfl2016 - Urbana, United States
This museum is located in the Old Town, with free admissions. Its collection of Swiss paintings is very nice, especially those by Ferdinand Hodler Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer. The building is impressive, too.
7. Collections Baur, Musee des Arts d’Extreme-Orient
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4.5 based on 106 reviews
An internationally renowned collection of Chinese and Japanese artwork.
Reviewed By JudeG139
If you love porcelain, rock crystal and small decorative objects like me, then you will love The Bauer. Tucked away in a rarified neighborhood, this former townhouse cum museum is a very quiet space to see some prime examples of Chinese and Japanese decorative objects. No photos permitted but very scholarly with knowledgable staff.
8. Maison Tavel
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4.5 based on 443 reviews
This historic building, the foundations of which date back to the 12th century, houses a museum that documents the history of the city.
Reviewed By 588phis - Bangkok, Thailand
This is a free museum highlighting the history of Geneva. The 3D model of the city on the top floor was fascinating. Do not miss it.
9. Musee Ariana
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4.5 based on 284 reviews
Built in the Italian baroque style and crowned with a cupola, it was constructed between 1877 and 1884 by the art patron Gustave Revilliod to house his vast and eclectic collections. He bequeathed the museum and its surrounding park to the City of Geneva in 1890. Today it is known as the Swiss Museum for Ceramics and Glass. In the Musée Ariana are to be found the various ceramics and glass collections belonging to the City of Geneva. It is the only museum in Switzerland devoted entirely to ceramic and glass art and occupies an important place in this field.The collections, comprising more than 25,000 objects, illustrate seven centuries of ceramics ranging from Europe to the Far East. All the principal techniques are represented: earthenware, faïence, stoneware and porcelain. The collection of Middle Eastern ceramics and an important group of Oriental export porcelain highlight the interactions between the Orient and Europe.
Reviewed By 142prado - Guaruja, Brazil
It´s a wonderful museum just 5 minutes by foot from UN (place des Nations). It's free and frequently there are not lines to enter or many people there such as into the Louvre Museum or Metropolitan. You can appreciate a huge collection of ancient ceramics vases, plates,glasses,carillons, paintings etc. Outside you can rest in a beautiful park.I highly recommend.
10. CERN
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4.5 based on 1,537 reviews
CERN, in Geneva, is the world’s largest particle physics research centre. CERN has recently brought into service the world’s most powerful accelerator, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), which will provide new insights into the Universe and how it evolved. The entire Universe is made up of particles. But where do they come from? What laws govern their behaviour? The purpose of the "Universe of particles" exhibition is for visitors to confront the great questions of contemporary physics : a journey to the Big Bang.
Reviewed By RaghuNair
Excellent place to learn about activities in CERN where world wide web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee as a tool for physicists working at CERN.
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