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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.
In its 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 (Friday) open
Opening hours of the Museum of Art and History
Mon closed
Tue–Sun 11.00–18.00 hours
Special closures:
26 and 27 September 2026 (Harvest Festival)
24 and 25 December 2026
31 December 2026
1 January 2027
Subject to change without prior notice
Price
Admission fee
| Wednesdays | free of charge |
| Adults | CHF 12.00 |
| Adults residing in Neuchâtel |
CHF 8.00 |
| Students, AHV recipients, unemployed persons, military personnel, groups of 10 or more, Museum Tuesday |
CHF 4.00 |
| KulturLegi (Caritas), NeuchâtelRoule card | free of charge |
| Children up to age 15.99, Neuchâtel Museum Pass*, Kultur-GA, Raiffeisen, 20 ans 100 francs, NTC, members of Visarte (AIAP card), Swiss Museum Pass | free of charge |
| Residents of the partner cities of Besançon, Aarau, and Sansepolcro / Residents of member cities of the “Neuchâtel du monde” network | free of charge |
| Caregivers accompanying people with disabilities |
free of charge |
*CHF 40.00 per year / CHF 20.00 for students, AHV recipients, and the unemployed
All practical information and admission prices can be found here.
Prices in CHF, incl. VAT / Prices and products are subject to change.
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