Patek Philippe Museum - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting
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About Patek Philippe Museum
The Patek Philippe Museum is located in the heart of the Plainpalais district which was founded in 2001. The museum showcases the most prestigious creations of the brand’s master watchmakers. Visitors can also admire an extraordinary collection of watches, musical automata, and enamel miniatures from the 16th to the 19th centuries, created in Geneva, Switzerland, and Europe. The museum also houses a library entirely dedicated to horology and its related subjects.
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MAMCO Genève
0.07km from Patek Philippe Museum
Mamco is the largest, youngest, and most contemporary art museum in Switzerland. It enjoys international fame and is recognized as a benchmark institution in the contemporary scene. He bases his work on a collection of 4,000 works, a third of which belong to him. Since it opened in 1994, the museum has presented more than 450 exhibitions, reflecting the diversity and dynamism of the Swiss and international art scene.
Meg
0.09km from Patek Philippe Museum
The Ethnographic Museum of Geneva has eye-catching, ultra-modern architecture and a remarkable museography that shows off rare pieces from all over the world. Its reference exhibition, "The Archives of Human Diversity", focuses on the history of the collections, ethnomusicology, and the five continents, through masks, headdresses, clothes, pictorial representations, tools, and totems. Temporary exhibitions.
Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
0.13km from Patek Philippe Museum
The Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève is a contemporary art exhibition centre in Geneva, Switzerland, founded by Adelina von Fürstenberg in 1974. The Centre was the first contemporary art institution in Suisse Romande. As a Kunsthalle, it does not have a collection but organizes temporary exhibitions and projects with regional and international artists.
Cemetery of Kings (Plainpalais Cemetery)
0.5km from Patek Philippe Museum
The Cimetière des Rois is a cemetery in Geneva, Switzerland, where John Calvin (the Protestant reformer), Jorge Luis Borges (the Argentine author), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights), Ernest Ansermet (renowned Swiss conductor), and Jean Piaget[1] (the noted developmental psychologist and epistemologist) are buried. There are also so many famous persons are buried here.
Musée Rath
0.55km from Patek Philippe Museum
The Rath Museum has been a prestigious venue for temporary exhibitions organized by the Art and History Museum of the city of Geneva. It enjoys an international reputation in the field of contemporary art since 1910.
Parc des Bastions
0.61km from Patek Philippe Museum
This lush park below the Old Town is situated in the heart of the city. It is here that Geneva created its first botanical garden. In and around the Parc des Bastions you will find the world-renowned Reformation Wall and the leading reformers, the Palais Eynard, seat of the city government, and the old university building with its library. The former bandstand is now a restaurant. On its side, a giant checkers game and chessboard attract players and spectators alike.
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