Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève

Closed for refurbishment. Museum reopening planned for 2026.

Vue de drone du bâtiment Ambre en construction du Muséum d'histoire naturelle — © MHN

Insectes épinglés sur une feuille cadrillée avec des étiquette rouges — © Nicolas Righetti

Image d'une vitrine comprenant la tête d'une vache en céramique, un échassier, un papillon dans une vitrine et une soupière en céramique — © MHNG

Muséum d'histoire naturelle de nuit — © Ville de Genève

Public adolescent regardant une énorme chauve-souris empaillée avec ses ailes écartées — © Nicolas Righetti

Did you know?

During an 1802–1803 expedition to Kangaroo Island in Australia, the French cartographer and explorer Nicolas Baudin brought back a live emu, which lived for several years at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. After its death, its skeleton remained in Paris, while the emu’s skin was acquired around 1827 by the Musée Académique de Genève, now the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. This specimen is the only known emu skin in the world and stands as a unique historical record of a species that became extinct around 1830.

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The Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève is the largest natural history museum in Switzerland.

The museum is listed as a national heritage site, and houses an exceptional scientific collection encompassing Swiss and global fauna, minerals, and fossils. Since 1 January 2024, it has been undergoing major renovations, with reopening planned for 2026. After the renovation, visitors can look forward to modernised and accessible reception areas, a new natural history library, a welcoming café-restaurant, and a spacious shop, all set within a park redesigned to promote biodiversity.

While the museum is closed, you can find an off-site programme on the website.

Opening hours

Every day from 10am to 5pm, except Tuesday
Closed: 25 December and 1 January
On 24 and 31 December, the museum closes at 4pm.

Parking

Villereuse car park

Public transport

Bus: 5 and 25, Muséum | 1 and 8, Tranchées and Muséum
Tram: 12 and 17, Villereuse
Léman Express train: Genève-Eaux-Vives

Services

Café, restaurant: Open upon reopening in 2026 (1st floor, accessible by lift or stairs)
Gift shop: Reopening in 2026 (ground floor)

Accessibility

Entrance for persons with reduced mobility: Main entrance, lift to the 3rd floor
Facilities: Cloakroom on the ground floor, disabled toilets on the first floor, Pegasus stair lift to reach the upper floor, handrails on the stairs
Prams: Not permitted in the exhibition galleries
Guide dogs permitted (other animals prohibited)

Prices

Free entry