Don’t miss out: Events running for less than two weeks
Directed by Louis Bonard, Les Voüéces follows two reclusive women, Rodogonde and Frénéjus, who live atop a high tower. Louis Bonard and Michèle Gurtner wrote and perform a piece in an enchanted pseudo‑medieval tongue where voice, embroidery and play weave a poetic fable. The performance probes silence, the passage of time, guilt and the unsettling presence of other voices — ghostly, culpable or absurd — with a blend of darkness and dark humour.
In French.
This summer, enjoy your lunch break in a new way.
With a guide, discover Pleasing the Spirits, an exhibition that takes you to the four corners of the world, exploring distant cosmogonies, celebrating age-old rites and beliefs, and awakening the spirits that inhabit the museum. Then end your break in the shade of the museum’s beautiful inner courtyard.
An open-air film series presenting six evening screenings that travel from silent-era comedy to contemporary French cinema. The programme spans Charlie Chaplin’s iconic comedy through recent work by Nakache and Toledano, offering films suited to a range of ages and tastes. Screenings privilege communal, sensory viewing: luminous images, live laughter, and intimate stories on a summer night. The selection moves between humour and emotion, inviting light-hearted delight and quiet reflection.
Led by the duo Sapin Magique—Luc Muller and Marcin de Morsier—this improvised set blends psychedelic, shamanic and regressive currents to realign perception and recall primary musical instincts. Ethnic, electric and electronic instruments—sometimes imperfect—are joined by toys and found hardware, conjuring hypnotic, childlike refrains and abrupt New Age accents. The evening also presents kokhlias (Olga Kokcharova) and loulan (Antoine Läng), framing the concert as a loose, communal ritual of sonic exploration and raw beauty.
BOSS’Y performs a set of bossa nova and samba-jazz, blending languid rhythms and warm harmonies to evoke a relaxed, summery mood. The ensemble’s nuanced vocal delivery and close-knit ensemble playing create intimate grooves that invite gentle sway and hushed conversation. The music emphasises texture and lyrical warmth, producing a mellow, convivial atmosphere that softens the day’s edges into a shared, reflective pause.
Gather to listen to short tales and flip through picture books under shady trees. Voices bring stories to life with rhythmic sounds and playful characters. Children will sit, point at bright illustrations, and try new words as adults read aloud. They can choose a favorite book to explore quietly or hear several stories in a row. The session invites curiosity, shared laughter, and calm moments of discovery that spark imagination and a love of reading.
Dates :
Thursday 9 July, 10:00
Thursday 16 July, 10:00
Thursday 23 July, 10:00
Thursday 30 July, 10:00
Thursday 6 August, 10:00
Thursday 13 August, 10:00
In French. Kids ages 3 and up accompanied by an adult.
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Events running for an extended period
An extensive survey assembled from a long-standing research collection devoted to glass, this exhibition takes a contemporary look at a millennia-old material. Over two hundred glass and mixed-media works, including sculptural objects, design pieces and installations, testify to a transdisciplinary experimental spirit. Featuring artists such as Ettore Sottsass, Pierre Charpin, Betty Woodman, Bob Wilson, Giuseppe Penone, Jana Sterbak and James Lee Byars, the show examines materiality, technique and the porous boundaries between craft, design and contemporary art.
Opening : Thursday 23 April, 18:00
Guided Tours (in French)
Together is an immersive experience in three parts that explores multilateralism and the role of international cooperation. Visitors move through a sensory narrative, interact with tactile and audio elements, and cast votes on imagined resolutions. The format mixes storytelling, participation and emotion to produce surprising communal moments. Intimate yet expansive, the experience invites curiosity, playful engagement and reflection on how collective action shapes peace and shared futures.
Maliza Kiasuwa and Gavin Goodman present a black-and-white duo exploring emergence, connection and material memory.
Kiasuwa’s “Rhizomes” comprises sculptures of rope and woven elements that evoke roots and organic networks, invoking Deleuzean rhizomes to probe multiplicity, transformation and fragile relational structures.
Goodman’s “Vela” consists of photographic, hand‑painted works that reinterpret traditional garments through minimalist restraint, allowing motifs of appearance and becoming to surface.
Together the projects juxtapose sculptural tactility and photographic restraint to question how tradition and form reappear in contemporary practice.
Closing event: Wednesday 9 September, 18:00
Featuring pieces by Faye Toogood, Studiopepe, Domingos Totora and Clément Thévenot, DOMUM invites you to discover their new exhibition, taking inspiration from food shapes and colors: Bread&Butter.
Opening: Thursday 21 May at 18:00
Join the Bookmobile this summer for a series of literary events! Book presentations, read-aloud sessions, and plenty of literary discoveries await.
Every Thursday from July 9 to August 13 at 5:30 p.m. Meeting at the Promenade du Pin.
In French.
Artists Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel present a large-scale installation conceived as a traversable architecture that reconfigures the museum courtyard into a mutable living environment. Seven works dialog with sculpture, and two pieces were created specifically to engage the lapidary collection and the Pierre-aux-Dames megalith. Using carved stone surfaces, constructed siphons and modular plaster and resin elements, the project explores material metamorphosis, bodily presence and the shifting relations between monumentality and domestic scale.
Opening: Thursday 16 July, 18:30
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Geneva Classics
Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.
Located in the heart of Geneva’s international district, the Portail des Nations is a space dedicated to dialogue, cooperation, and global issues. Through exhibitions, talks, and cultural events, it offers visitors an entry point into the major challenges shaping our world and Geneva’s role as a hub for international governance.
Nestled in the Geneva countryside, the Collection du Crest showcases a remarkable selection of modern and contemporary art. Through temporary exhibitions and its private collection, this unique venue offers an intimate encounter with artistic creation, in dialogue with the history and landscape of the estate.
Discover one of the world’s most remarkable libraries and museums, home to an exceptional collection of manuscripts, rare books, and historical documents spanning over 5,000 years of human history. Located in Cologny overlooking Lake Geneva, the Fondation Martin Bodmer offers a unique journey through literature, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts, bringing together some of humanity’s most significant written treasures.
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