Museums in Geneva

CERN's Science Gateway is an immersive science centre designed by Renzo Piano, offering hands-on exhibits about particle physics, the Big Bang, and the Large Hadron Collider. It opened in October 2023.

The Patek Philippe Museum showcases five centuries of watchmaking through the private collection of one of Switzerland's most prestigious manufacturers. Spread across four floors, it is a pilgrimage for horology enthusiasts.

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum documents 160 years of humanitarian action through immersive exhibits. Located next to the Palais des Nations, it is one of Geneva's most moving cultural experiences.

Geneva's Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle is the largest natural history museum in Switzerland, with over 15 million specimens across zoology, mineralogy, and palaeontology.

The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire is Geneva's largest art museum, housing over 650,000 works spanning from prehistory to contemporary art. Its neoclassical building anchors the Old Town's eastern edge.

The Musée Ariana is Switzerland's only museum dedicated to ceramics and glass, housed in a neo-baroque palace within Ariana Park near the Palais des Nations.

The Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève (MEG) explores world cultures through over 80,000 objects, from African masks to Andean textiles. Its striking modern building won the European Museum of the Year Award in 2017.