Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

Nestled in the heart of Geneva’s Old Town, the Museum of Art and History ranks among Switzerland’s largest museums. Boasting a collection of around 650,000 objects spanning applied arts, fine arts, and archaeology across five floors, the museum embraces a dynamic and innovative approach to showcase its treasures through unexpected exhibitions. Annually, it hosts approximately ten temporary exhibitions, frequently inviting contemporary artists to contribute. The museum organizes a variety of surprising events, including yoga classes in the galleries and after-work parties.

Rue Charles-GALLAND 2,
1206 Genève

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27 June – 15 August

Build a famous museum work together, brick by brick. With a grown-up by your side, you’ll re-create a colourful artwork using LEGO pieces, fitting blocks and adjusting tiny details. Hear the satisfying clicks as colours stack, feel the textures, and watch shapes emerge. Kids explore observation, teamwork and simple problem-solving while practising fine motor skills and creativity. At the end, take home your own model and share the story you built.

Dates :
Saturday 27 June, 14:00, 15:30
Saturday 15 August, 14:00, 15:30

In French. Kids ages 6 and up.

16 October 2025 – 30 August 2026

The MAH showcases Tonutopie, an innovative installation by German artist Hans-Walter Müller, a trailblazer in inflatable structures. This large, transparent, and habitable sphere, nestled within Vincent Lamouroux’s La Passerelle, offers a unique sensory experience. It delves into the contrasts between the fluidity of inflatable structures and the rigidity of traditional architecture, providing visitors with a fresh perspective on space.

30 May – 27 September

This exhibition explores the careers of Édouard Naville, Switzerland’s pioneering Egyptologist, and his wife Marguerite Naville, whose contributions alongside him are now recognised in their own right. Through archival documents, excavation records and pharaonic objects, the presentation illuminates their archaeological practice and Marguerite’s role, while situating their work within the political, religious and humanitarian commitments that shaped scholarly life at the turn of the twentieth century.

In French and in English.

29 January – 25 October

John M Armleder presents an interchange-based exhibition that foregrounds objects drawn from students’ suitcases. Through object-based works and subtle interventions, the show probes modes of observation, intimacy and collective memory. Personal belongings are rearranged as visual prompts that evoke histories, pedagogy and everyday cinematics. The artist’s restrained interventions invite reflection on how small domestic items circulate meanings and facilitate encounters, revealing how private narratives surface within a communal field of attention.

Wednesday 1 July, 09:00

Erwan Tréguer, Mindfulness instructor, and Murielle Brunschwig, cultural mediator, bring practical experience in contemplative practice and museum mediation to guide attentive engagement with artworks.

They examine how mindfulness invites observing the full range of emotional responses — pleasant experiences that may lead to attachment, unpleasant ones that trigger avoidance — and offer practices to simply observe sensations and reactions, cultivating non-reactive awareness and emotional clarity.

In French.

2 – 30 July

An evening that moves between dance and live music, guided by instructors Claire Rufenacht and Pedro Ratto. Their approachable initiation opens a space for beginners to find tango’s intimate rhythms, followed by a concert from El Revire Duo whose guitar and bandoneon weave warm, melancholic melodies. The program balances social dance and listening, with close musical dynamics and subtle interplay that invite both movement and reflection.

In French.

Thursday 2 July, 18:00
Thursday 9 July, 18:00
Thursday 23 July, 18:00
Thursday 30 July, 18:00

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