The “Nuit des musées” 2023 will awaken all 5 senses!

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With this year’s edition held under the banner of the five senses, the event serves up a programme specially designed for this evening that is truly unique throughout the entire year. Organised by the Department of Culture and Digital Transition of the City of Geneva in collaboration with the Museums of Geneva, the event brings a night of unusual experiences to the local area. 

A night to awaken your senses

Taste, smell, sight, hearing or touch: for this new edition of the “Nuit des musées”, the 5 senses will serve as the common thread to what is once again a rich, varied and original programme proposed by the 24 partner institutions of the event. An edition which will awaken your senses through a series of immersive and unusual activities.

The aim of the “Nuit des musées” is to provide visitors with a different means of exploring knowledge, objects and works, animals and plants. Throughout the evening of 13 May, each cultural and science location will make every effort to surprise, to stimulate your interest by tickling your taste buds, not to mention your skin, your nose, your eyes and your ears. So give in to your senses and let them lead the way.

Programme available on the website of the “Nuit des musées”

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Practical information

Several shuttle buses provided by the TPG will offer transport to the different locations where the “Nuit des musées” is taking place to discover the participating sites.

Buying your pass

• Online ticketing service: nuitdesmusees−geneve.ch
• Payot points of sale
• 13 May 2023 in the participating institutions.

Ticket valid on 13 May 2023 from the start of the event.

Included in the pass

• Access to the 24 institutions.
• Nuit des musées shuttles, provided in collaboration with the tpg (circuits in the programme).

Participating institutions  

• Martin Bodmer Foundation
• Carouge Museum
• The Association for Industrial Heritage
• Les Délices
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
• Ariana Museum
• The Botanical Conservatory and Gardens of Geneva
• Science History Museum
• Firefighters Museum
• Le Muzoo – The collection of the Théâtre du Loup
• MEG – Geneva Museum of Ethnography
• SEU – UNIGE Exhibition Centre
• MAMCO
• Geneva Centre for Contemporary Art
• Geneva Centre for Photography
• UNIGE collection of moulds
• Baur Foundation, Far Eastern Arts Museum
• Natural History Museum
• Art and History Museum
• Archaeological site of Saint Pierre Cathedral
• Tatiana Zoubov Museum
• Barbier-Mueller Museum
• International Museum of the Reformation
• Maison Rousseau et Littérature

Everybody welcome

Launched in September 2013, the aim of the Geneva “Nuit des musées” is to make cultural sites accessible to everyone, giving visitors the opportunity to see them in a different light. Since the very first edition, the Geneva “Nuit des musées” has opened the event to people of all ages. To this end, each institution creates an original programme adapted to all visitors. The programme is developed by the cultural and scientific mediators who draw on their creativity to fan the curiosity of the visitors and offer open access to their institutions.

Be they active, contemplative, reflective, participatory, fun, dreamlike or educational, the mediation activities are adapted to the different types of public and contexts of the visits. They foster the creation of ties between the visitors and the objects, collections and associated cultural content. This only serves to make these nocturnal experiences even more enjoyable and convivial, appreciated by adults, young people, families and senior citizens alike.