Musee d'Art et d'Histoire or the Museum of Art and History is one of the popular Geneva attractions. The place does not only fascinate the art lovers but also thousands of general tourists. The Musee d'Art et d'Histoire showcases artifacts from ancient to the modern times.
The Musee d'Art et d'Histoire was built during the early years of the 20th century. Started as an encyclopedic museum, the Museum of Art and History has three separate segments
Applied Arts
Fine Arts
Archeology
The Applied Arts segment exhibits various objects ranging from ancient arms, armors to modern furniture and textiles. The Fine Arts section of Musee d'Art et d'Histoire has paintings of famous artists like Rodin, Tinguely, Houdon and others. The Archaeological segment has a rich collection of prehistoric objects from Egyptian, Greek, Roman and other famous ancient civilizations.
The Museum of Art and History has a wonderful garden decorated with life size sculptures of renowned sculptors like Wiggli, Angeloz, Ramseyer, Phalle and Luginbuhl. Yvonne Lehnerr is the present director of this lovely museum while VCerena Villiger is his deputy.
The address of the Museum of Art and History is given below:
Rue Charles-2
Geneva 1206
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