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From 21.06.2024 to 24.08.2025
Mardi
10:00 - 17:00
Mercredi
10:00 - 17:00
Jeudi
10:00 - 17:00
Vendredi
10:00 - 17:00
Samedi
10:00 - 17:00
Dimanche
10:00 - 17:00
Exhibition at the Palais de Rumine,
Place de la Riponne 6, 1005 Lausanne
Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays: 10 am to 5 pm.
Closed on Mondays, 25 December and 1 January.
Admission: full price CHF 8 / reduced price CHF 5 / free for under-25s and on the first Saturday of the month.
Place de la Riponne 6, 1005 Lausanne
Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays: 10 am to 5 pm.
Closed on Mondays, 25 December and 1 January.
Admission: full price CHF 8 / reduced price CHF 5 / free for under-25s and on the first Saturday of the month.
Exhibition at the Botanical Gardens,
Avenue de Cour 14B, 1007 Lausanne
April to October: every day, 11am to 6pm.
November to March: every day, 11am to 5pm.
Free admission.
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What role do science and history museums play today? What are the purposes of scientific collections, whether ancient or recent? How to choose what we will preserve for future generations?
The “Specimens 24. Our collections tell all…” exhibition showcases scientific collections to question the place and role of these museums in regard with our society’s challenges, through the three fundamental missions of institutions: to remember, to study and to transmit. These three missions are approached by exploring several themes that cut across the collections: the history of sciences, the diversity of nature and the Anthropocene at Palais de Rumine, as well as in the bogs of the Botanical Garden.
The “Specimens 24. Our collections tell all…” exhibition showcases scientific collections to question the place and role of these museums in regard with our society’s challenges, through the three fundamental missions of institutions: to remember, to study and to transmit. These three missions are approached by exploring several themes that cut across the collections: the history of sciences, the diversity of nature and the Anthropocene at Palais de Rumine, as well as in the bogs of the Botanical Garden.