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From 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2025
Open
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 17:00
Thursday
10:00 - 17:00
Friday
10:00 - 17:00
Saturday
10:00 - 17:00
Sunday
10:00 - 17:00
Permanent exhibitions
Free
Temporary exhibitions, full price
8 CHF
Temporary exhibitions, reduced price
5 CHF
Temporary exhibitions, up to 25 years old
Free
Closed on Mondays.
Public holidays: open from 10am to 5pm.
Free admission on the first Saturday of the month.
Closed on 25 December and 1 January.
Public holidays: open from 10am to 5pm.
Free admission on the first Saturday of the month.
Closed on 25 December and 1 January.
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Housed in the Florentine style building of the Palais de Rumine, the treasures of the museum take its visitors to another world, with a 16,000 year-old mammoth skeleton, one of the most complete ever found in Europe and an enormous molar discovered in 1897 which apparently belonged to a prehistoric hippopotamus who lived in Sicily 1.8 million years ago.
Here too, mineralogy enthusiasts can discover the amazing collection of a thousand minerals created by Czar Alexander 1st and brought to Switzerland by his tutor, Frédéric-César de La Harpe. But the main attraction is The Welcome Nugget, the biggest gold nugget ever recorded at 57.3 kilos. Truth be told, this is the single replica of this nugget since the Australian original was melted in London in 1859…
Here too, mineralogy enthusiasts can discover the amazing collection of a thousand minerals created by Czar Alexander 1st and brought to Switzerland by his tutor, Frédéric-César de La Harpe. But the main attraction is The Welcome Nugget, the biggest gold nugget ever recorded at 57.3 kilos. Truth be told, this is the single replica of this nugget since the Australian original was melted in London in 1859…