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MUSÉE D’ART ET

D’HISTOIRE

EXPERIENCE Geneva Geneva’s impressive Museum of Art and History, presenting
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paint ings, sculpture and artifacts covering prehistory to the
present day, is the city’s largest art museum. Visitors can
easily spend several hours here perusing the vast collection,
which consists of over half a million items.

The museum is divided into sections: the large archaeological
section contains around 70,000 pieces from Egypt, Greece,
Rome and other ancient cultures. The displays of applied
arts feature furniture (including side chairs, armchairs, table
and bookcase designed by Josef Hoffmann of the Vienna
Workshops for the 19th-century Swiss painter Ferdinand
Hodler), textiles, stained glass, musical instruments and
other fine objects. The fine arts collections cover major
artistic movements and key artists in the history of Western
painting, from the 15th to the 21st century. Look out for works
by Monet, Picasso and Rubens, as well as Konrad Witz’s 1444
Miraculous Draught of Fishes, arguably the highlight of the
museum. Excellent temporary exhibitions are frequently
held, which are free for children, though there is usually
an admission charge for adults.

The elegant
museum, which
was built between
1903 and 1910

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