Museumstour durch Neuchâtel

Die Dauerausstellungen widmen sich dem Alltag, der Kultur und Politik der Stadt Neuenburg und ihrer Entwicklung seit dem 14. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart.
Vom 26. Juni bis 28. August 2022 zeigt das Museum in der neuen Sonderausstellung «Vom Projekt zum Objekt». Sammlungen aus der Ecole d’arts appliqués in La Chaux-de-Fonds und lässt diese mit den eigenen Sammlungen in einen Dialog treten. Die Sonderausstellung ist dem 150-jährigen Jubiläum der Ecole d’arts appliqués in La Chaux-de-Fonds gewidmet.

Das mitten in einem idyllischen Park am Ufer des Neuenburgersees gelegene Laténium ist das grösste Archäologiemuseum der Schweiz. Lassen Sie sich auf spielerische und interaktive Art durch 50'000 Jahre Geschichte – von der Eiszeit bis ins Mittelalter – führen.

An offbeat look at our world

The sometimes curious exhibitions of the Ethnographic Museum Neuchâtel take you on a journey between the "Here" and the "Elsewhere". As a place of experience, seeing and experiencing, the museum enables its visitors to reflect on and reinterpret the familiar. This means seeing the world through different eyes.

After two years of renovation work, the Ethnographic Museum reinvents itself and presents its collection from a new perspective. The rooms show eight contrasting perspectives in relation to the collection, museum history and ethnology, and in doing so find their way back again and again to current issues. The makers remind us that the meaning of objects changes constantly over time and in the way they are viewed. 

In the footsteps of the celebrated writer and philosopher

The Espace Rousseau Neuchâtel takes visitors on a journey through the life and work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of the greatest thinkers and writers of the 18th century. Bringing together new technologies and original archive material, the exhibition provides a better understanding of the writer’s life and his influence up to the present day. The Espace Rousseau includes original manuscripts, portraits and even a herbarium.
Visitors can also discover pieces of music composed by the writer.
Acknowledged as being of worldwide importance, the Jean-Jacques Rousseau archives have been listed since 2011 in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register and are now being conserved for the benefit of mankind.

Free entry.

Both the main exhibition texts and the film are available in French, German and English. The accompanying brochure, also produced in those three languages, can be taken away by visitors as a souvenir of their time in Neuchâtel.

A green oasis right by the city centre

Neuchâtel Botanical Garden, which offers visitors relaxation and exciting discoveries. Numerous permanent and temporary exhibitions, botanical collections and various biotopes allow you to discover the fascinating life of plants. A green treasure trove that will inspire you.

The Botanical Garden is open to visitors free of charge all year round. Its colourful, diverse collection of flora and fauna has something new to wow young and old on every visit.

The park contains five themed gardens and two greenhouses. The villa at its heart houses special exhibitions and a help desk providing valuable information about the site.

While you’re there, don’t miss the opportunity to visit the Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel, situated right next door to the Botanical Garden. The museum is finally reopening its doors after a year of renovation work.

Die meisten Museen haben am Montag geschlossen. Das Espace Rousseau hat montags geöffnet und am Sonntag geschlossen. 
Auch über die Weihnacht- und Neujahrsfeiertage sind die Museen geschlossen. 

Informieren Sie sich vorgängig über die genauen Öffnungszeiten der einzelnen Museen.