Art and History Museum Neuchâtel
A treat for the eyes and a mirror on the world
The Neuchâtel Museum of Art and History is located on the elegant lakeside promenade right next to the Neuchâtel harbour. It is a place of pleasure, beauty and reflection, combining visual stimuli with a mission to better understand the world around us.
To mark its new permanent exhibition, the Museum of Art and History brings its collections into a dialogue from the perspective of movement. The tour highlights mobility in an innovative and interdisciplinary way, incorporating various unanswered questions, memories, stories and destinies.
You can travel comfortably to Neuchâtel by train. To get to the museum, you can take the bus or walk the short distance through the historic old town.
Highlights
A multi-disciplinary museum, the museum houses over 150,000 objects and images in the fields of visual arts, history, applied arts and numismatics. The collections span the period from antiquity to the present day. Exhibitions, publications and numerous loans promote these collections both in Switzerland and abroad.
Don’t miss:
- Courbet, Monet, Renoir... Focus on provenance. The major painters of Impressionism through the prism of provenance research. At the heart of the collection are the famous Impressionist artists Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot and Auguste Renoir. Some works, such as Monet's Bateau-Atelier, are now among the institution's masterpieces.
- The MahN stairwell, a total work of art.
- Jaquet-Droz automata. Exceptional examples of 18th-century watchmaking genius, the three automata at the Musée d'art et d'histoire are now on display in a new showcase, immersing the public in the world of mechanical magic. Public demonstrations every first Sunday of the month.
Opening hours Today (Saturday) open
Opening hours of the Museum of Art and History
Mon closed
Tue–Sun 11.00–18.00 hours
Special closures:
28 and 29 September 2024 (Grape Harvest Festival)
24 and 25 December 2024
31 December 2024
1 January 2025
Subject to change without prior notice
Price
Admission fee
- CHF 12.00 Adults
- CHF 8.00 Residents
- CHF 4.00 Students
- CHF 4.00 AVS, unemployed
- CHF 4.00 Military
- CHF 4.00 Groups of 10 or more
- CHF 4.00 Museum Tuesdays
- CHF 4.00 Groups of students*
- free of charge Children up to the age of 16
- free of charge Neuchâtel museums card**, Cultural GA
*Groups of students from universities and other higher education institutions outside the canton of Neuchâtel
**CHF 40.00 per year / CHF 20.00 for students, AVS, unemployed
Free entry on Wednesdays
Prices in CHF incl. VAT / Prices and products subject to alteration
