Musée Barbier-Mueller

Geneva


This refined private gallery space, opened in 1977, is filled with objects from ancient societies – think pre-Columbian South American art treasures, Pacific Island statues and African weaponry. As an interesting aside, revolutionary protestant John Calvin lived in the house opposite.


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