The Ethnography Museum of Geneva (MEG) is housed in a remarkable contemporary building in the Plainpalais district. The MEG’s primary focus lies in the exploration of global societal and environmental issues, drawing from its rich collection of objects and documents representing cultures from all five continents. MEG offers original guided tours and engaging events for a diverse audience.
An interactive journey awaits young children at the MEG, transporting them to Oceania to meet a reef shark and delve into Australia’s Aboriginal culture through objects, stories, and sensory activities.
In French. Ages 2 to 4, accompanied by an adult.
Alongside the “Elles. Contemporary Australian Indigenous Women Artists” exhibition at the Musée Rath, MEG invites you to explore a curated selection of Aboriginal artworks from its permanent collection. This visit provides an immersive experience into the aesthetics and diverse aspects of Indigenous art, including bark painting and sculpture.
In French.
Join this brief tour at the MEG to explore the permanent exhibition and see how the collection’s objects are being recontextualized within today’s social and environmental challenges. It’s a chance to reflect on and engage in dialogue about contemporary themes that affect us all.
In French.
Tours at 14:00, 15:00 & 16:00.
Roberta Colombo Dougoud, the exhibition curator, invites you to a special tour where she delves into the creation process of the exhibition at the MEG. In this engaging presentation, twelve individuals from different communities share poignant stories connected to objects from their cultural origins, selected from the museum’s collections.
In French.
Mibsy, artist and moderator, brings their practice and community experience to a relaxed conversation format that foregrounds personal stories and cultural exchanges.
The session investigates coffee as social ritual: participants share conversation with a local personality, then join a brief flash tour of the permanent exhibition focusing on the ‘Jebena’ coffee-maker from Eritrean and Ethiopian traditions to contextualize these dialogues.
In French.
The MEG offers a sensitive and introspective experience, where the voices of “living books” share their encounters with everyday racism, inviting the audience to listen, reflect, and explore collective imaginaries, as part of the Clichés Renversés project led by the APPE Association.
In French.
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