Cité du Temps
This 19th-century industrial building straddling Lake Geneva was constructed in the 1840s to provide the city's public fountains with water. Today it…
Must-see attractions in Geneva
- Musée d’Histoire Naturelle
As well as its permanent collection of stuffed animals (including nearly every creature that walks on Swiss soil), Geneva's Natural History Museum hosts…
- Musée Barbier-Mueller
This refined private gallery space, opened in 1977, is filled with objects from ancient societies – think pre-Columbian South American art treasures,…
- Maison de Rousseau et de la Literature
A 25-minute audiovisual display traces the troubled life of Geneva's greatest thinker, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was born in this house in 1712. The…
- Musée de Carouge
This little local history museum in what is now the neighbourhood of Carouge is packed with 19th-century artefacts (mostly ceramics) that hark back to a…