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Museums Attractions In Canton of Geneva

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The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France . As is the case in several other Swiss cantons , this canton is referred to as a republic within the Swiss Confederation. The canton of Geneva is located in the southwestern corner of Switzerland and is considered one of the most cosmopolitan areas of the country. As a center of the Calvinist Reformation, the city of Geneva has had a great influence on the canton, which essentially consists of the city and its hinterlands.
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  • 1. Patek Philippe Museum Geneva
    Patek Philippe SA is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1851, located in Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. It designs and manufactures timepieces and movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. It is considered by many experts and aficionados to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers. The company maintains over 400 retail locations globally and over a dozen distribution centers across Europe, Asia and North America.
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  • 2. Museum of Natural History (Museum d'Histoire naturelle) Geneva
    The Natural History Museum of Geneva is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Louis Jurine’s collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are held by the museum. The museum also contains a collection of intricate glass models of invertebrates by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and a two headed tortoise named Janus
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  • 3. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum Geneva
    The emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, under the Geneva Conventions, are to be placed on humanitarian and medical vehicles and buildings, and to be worn by medical personnel and others carrying out humanitarian work, to protect them from military attack on the battlefield. There are four such emblems, three of which are in use: the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and the Red Crystal. The Red Lion and Sun is also a recognized emblem, but is no longer in use. There were also prior disputes concerning the use of a Red Star of David by Magen David Adom , the Israeli first-aid society; the Red Crystal was created in response to these disputes, thus enabling the admission of MDA to the movement. In popular culture, the red cross symbol came to be a recognisable generi...
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  • 4. Musee Ariana Geneva
    The Musée Ariana, also known as the Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre , is a museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork, and contains around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years, representing the historic, geographic, artistic and technological breadth of glass and ceramic manufacture during this time. The collection is the only one of its kind in Switzerland.Built between 1877 and 1884, the museum is shaped by Neo-Classical and Neo-Baroque elements and is situated on Avenue de la Paix, near the Palace of Nations. It was built to house the private collection of the Swiss art collector and patron Gustave Revilliod, who named it after his mother, Ariane de la Rive, and later bequeathed it to the city of Geneva. Since 1934 the museum has been a mem...
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  • 5. Musee D'ethnographie de Geneve Geneva
    The Musée d'ethnographie de Genève is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.
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  • 7. Musee d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Geneve Geneva
    The Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève is a small museum dedicated to the history of science.
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  • 8. Barbier-Mueller Museum (Musee Barbier-Mueller) Geneva
    The Barbier-Mueller Museum, founded in 1977, is located at 10 rue Jean-Calvin, in Geneva, Switzerland. Its collection contains over 7,000 pieces and includes works of art from Tribal and Classical antiquity as well as sculptures, fabrics and ornaments from primitive civilizations around the world. Its goal is to preserve, study, and publish the collection begun by Josef Müller in 1907 and carried on by his daughter Monique and son-in-law Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller. The museum has gained international acclaim through itinerant exhibitions, the loans to other museums, and the publication of numerous catalogues and art books. Twenty years later, in 1997, the Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí was inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain. It is located in the Nadal Palace, opposite to the Picasso ...
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  • 9. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Geneva
    Contemporary art museums around the world specialize in collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. The following is an alphabetical listing of major contemporary art museums, divided by country. A number of such museums are called the Museum of Contemporary Art. For smaller galleries, such as private and artist-run galleries, see International Contemporary Art Scenes.
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  • 13. Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneve Geneva
    The Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève is a contemporary art exhibition centre in Geneva, Switzerland, founded by Adelina von Fürstenberg in 1974.The Centre was the first contemporary art institution in Suisse Romande . As a Kunsthalle, it does not have a collection, but organizes temporary exhibitions and projects with regional and international artists. The Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève gained international renown with exhibitions by artists such as Joseph Beuys, Martin Boyce, Olaf Breuning, Maurizio Cattelan, Roberto Cuoghi, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Joan Jonas, On Kawara, William Kentridge, Robert Overby, Pipilotti Rist, Ugo Rondinone, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Scheibitz, Shirana Shahbazi, Cindy Sherman, Josh Smith, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool. In 201...
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