Art Museum
Museum of Art and History Geneva
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Museum of Art and History Geneva is an art museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
About Museum of Art and History Geneva
The Musée d'art et d'histoire (French: [myze daʁ e distwaʁ də ʒənɛv]; Museum of Art and History; MAH) is an encyclopedic art museum located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Its collection comprises more than 650,000 objects spanning archaeology, applied arts, horology, the holdings of the Art and Archaeology Library, and fine and graphic arts, making it one of the largest museum collections in Switzerland.
The museum heads the association for all art and historical museums in the city of Geneva, the Musées d'Art et d'Histoire. The other museums in this group are the Cabinet des Estampes (graphics), the Musée Ariana (porcelain), the Musée Rath (special exhibitions), the Maison Tavel (history of Geneva), and the Musée de l'Horlogerie et de l'Émaillerie (timepieces and enamels).
Museum of Art and History Geneva by the numbers
- Founded
- 1910
- Visitors / year
- 110,415
Plan your visit
Museum of Art and History Geneva
- Website
- www.mahmah.ch
Museums near Museum of Art and History Geneva
- Art Museum Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Lyon, France
- Art Museum Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France
- National Museum Museo Egizio Turin, Italy
- Art Museum Kunstmuseum Basel Basel, Switzerland
- Art Museum Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich, Switzerland
- Art Museum Kunsthaus Zürich Zurich, Switzerland
