Product list - Musée d'ethnographie de Genève

Thematic visit

Traditional, contemporary or a mixture of influences give rhythm to this guided tour, with a focus on the body's movement in different cultural and social contexts. This tour offers an opportunity to explore and question the meaning of body expression in different traditions.

Practical information

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Timetable: 10.30 am, 1.30 pm, 3 pm and 4.30 pm
• Price: CHF 120
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Interactive visit

The "Dialogue visit" in the permanent exhibition invites you to hear new stories about the history, significance and special place of certain objects, particularly so-called sensitive objects, in the museum's collections. What is at stake in this dialogue? Who are the people initiating it? Whether these objects are exhibited, withdrawn or returned, this visit invites you to grasp what is currently happening in MEG's collections, and to take part in these diverse dialogues.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Timetable: 08.45 am, 10.30 am, 1.30 pm and 3 pm
• Price: CHF 150
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Thematic visit

Starting with objects that speak of the relationship between humans and their environment, this guided tour tour addresses the issue of sustainability in the use of natural resources. An invitation to draw inspiration from various ways of being in touch with the living world in order to think of alternatives to the current climate degradation and to act sustainably in our daily lives.

Practical information

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Timetable: 10.30 am, 1.30 pm, 3 pm and 4.30 pm
• Price: CHF 120
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Visit without a guide

Please book a self-guided visit for groups of 12 or more.
To prepare for your visit, information and resources on the exhibition are available on the following page: Permanent exhibition.

Practical informations

• Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Timetable: 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 4pm.
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Guided visit

This guided visit takes you on a journey through time and the world, as you discover the permanent exhibition on the history of the Museum's collections. The tour offers a glimpse of MEG's rich heritage, with objects selected from the Asia, Americas, Africa, Europe, Oceania and Music sections.

Practical information  

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Timetable: 10.30 am, 1.30 pm, 3 pm and 4.30 pm
• Price: CHF 120
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Discovery visit

This visit offers you the chance to discover the MEG in its entirety! Starting in the Museum Garden, this journey takes you on a tour of the entire building and its architecture. Next, you'll explore the treasures of the MEG collections with a selection of objects from the permanent exhibition.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Timetable: 11.15 am, 2.30 pm, and 3.30 pm
• Price: CHF 150
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Secondary I & II

Students choose a topic for discussion from a list of themes linked to the museum's collections. A short visit to the permanent exhibition enables them to understand how this theme resonates with the exhibitions.

Representations and stereotypes: How do images inherited from colonisation influence our perception of cultures and minorities?
Inequalities and discrimination: What links exist between current injustices and colonial history?
Cultural appropriation: What does it mean to appropriate elements of another culture without respecting their meaning?
Decolonising knowledge: How can we rethink the histories and ideas taught by listening to other perspectives?
Responsibility and reparation: What can museums do to repair the harm done by the past?

After exploring the chosen topic, the students reflect together, in a cooperative way, for about an hour, using a fun discussion tool. The guides and teachers facilitate the dialogue without participating directly.

By encouraging open and respectful dialogue, it raises young people's awareness of the importance of deconstructing colonial images in order to promote a fairer and more inclusive society.

Practical informations

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Days: Tuesday and Friday
Timetable: 8.45 am and 1.30 pm
Free for all classes from the canton of Geneva
CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
Access to the permanent exhibition is free
Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Primary

This workshop-visit explores objects from MEG's permanent exhibition on the themes of wishes and the future. These objects will serve as a starting point for reflection on what the future represents in different cultures and for each individual.

The visit continues with a creative workshop where participants design their own stamps. These stamps will be used to print wishes on a collective fresco, creating a shared and meaningful work of art.

It's an activity that combines cultural discovery, personal expression and artistic creation, while inviting us to imagine possible futures together.

Practical informations

• Duration : 2 hours
• Days: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am (arrival), start 9am, finish 11am.
• Free for all classes from the canton of Geneva
• CHF 220 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Secondary II

The "Dialogue visit" in the permanent exhibition invites you to hear new stories about the history, significance and special place of certain objects, particularly so-called sensitive objects, in the museum's collections. What is at stake in this dialogue? Who are the people initiating it? Whether these objects are exhibited, withdrawn or returned, this visit invites you to grasp what is currently happening in MEG's collections, and to take part in these diverse dialogues.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45 am, 10.30am and 1.30 pm
• Free for all classes from the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Secondary I & II

A visit during which a discussion space is opened up to address the issue of racism by evoking the role of the museum institution in its construction, and inviting participants to question their own posture towards racism. Through various activities that encourage observation and reflexivity, participants reflect on how "races" have been invented and justified by institutions such as museums, through the construction of the image of the other, the strange, the exotic, which feeds differentiation and the prejudices at the root of discrimination mechanisms. Students will also understand the role and position of Switzerland in the global history of modern racism (in relation to colonization and slavery) and how these representations are perpetuated and socially transmitted to us.

Visits are led by the association Dialogue en route.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Days: Friday
• Timetable: 14 pm to 15.30pm
• Free for all classes from the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Primary 1P-2P

This journey invites youngsters to transform themselves into salmons to cross seas and rivers, discovering stories and narratives that reveal different ways of understanding and caring for the world. First, we'll head to Alaska to meet the Tsimshian people, then follow the ocean currents to northern Australia, in the Torres Strait. From there, we'll head upstream to meet a young Aboriginal boy, still in Australia. This journey allows children to explore different visions of the world through stories enriched with sensory moments, observation, listening and games.

Practical informations

• Duration : 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm 
• Free for all classes in the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Practical informations

• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 4pm
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Primary 3P-8P

Visit the MEG "auf Deutsch bitte"! Take a game tour of the MEG collections and discover the cultural richness of the world's languages, their specific features and their vulnerabilities. All this while learning your German vocabulary! The tour is punctuated by words, numbers, colours, materials, everyday objects and animals, giving you the chance to practise your language skills while discovering the cultures of the world!

Note: the tour is conducted in French and is punctuated by German vocabulary.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm 
• Free for all classes in the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Primary 3P-8P

Visit MEG in English please! Take a game tour of the MEG collections and discover the cultural richness of the world's languages, their specific features and their vulnerabilities. All this while learning your English vocabulary! The tour is punctuated by words, numbers, colours, materials, everyday objects and animals, giving you the chance to practise your language skills while discovering the cultures of the world!

Please note: the tour is conducted in French and is punctuated by English vocabulary.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm 
• Free for all classes in the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Secondary I & II

Using MEG's rich sound archives, this visit invites you to question the category of "music" in relation to that of "noise". Through listening and discussion, discover the criteria that define music in different cultures. Then apply these criteria to define the music you love or hate.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45 am, 10.30 am, 1.30 pm and 3 pm
• Free for all classes from the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Guided visit

During this visit, plunge into the heart of Afrosonica - Soundscapes. This immersive exhibition explores the essential role of sound and music in African societies and their diasporas. Through instruments, sound archives and contemporary installations, discover sound as a dynamic source of connection, memory and cultural transformation. A sensory experience in which music weaves links between space and time.

Practical information

Duration: 1 hour
Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Times: 10.30 am, 1.30 pm, 3 pm and 4.30pm
Price: CHF 120
Access to the temporary exhibition is not free, see prices.
Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Self-guided visit Afrosonica

The exhibition Afrosonica - Soundscapes is an immersive sound exhibition that explores the role of music and sound in African societies and their diasporas. Through a selection of instruments, sound archives and contemporary installations, the exhibition highlights the power of sound and music to open minds, feel the present moment, communicate, establish connections between humans and non-humans, transmit knowledge and emotions, and remember.

Practical informations

• Days: Tuesday to Sunday
• Timetable: 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 4pm
• Access to the temporary exhibition is not free, see prices. (https://www.meg.ch/en/plan-your-visit/opening-hours-tickets-and-access)
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Secondary I & II

Based on objects that speak of the relationship between humans and their environment, this visit addresses the issue of sustainability in the use of natural resources. It's an invitation to draw inspiration from a variety of ways of relating to living things, so that we can think of alternatives to current climate degradation and act sustainably in our daily lives.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm
• Free for all classes from the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Primary 5P-8P

Discover objects that tell you how different cultures around the world think about their relationship with the environment. Take inspiration from these objects to rethink your relationship with the environment and find new ways to act sustainably in your daily life!

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm
• Free for all classes from the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Practical informations

• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 4pm
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Preschool

This journey invites youngsters to transform themselves into salmons to cross seas and rivers, discovering stories and narratives that reveal different ways of understanding and caring for the world. First, we'll head to Alaska to meet the Tsimshian people, then follow the ocean currents to northern Australia, in the Torres Strait. From there, we'll head upstream to meet a young Aboriginal boy, still in Australia. This journey allows children to explore different visions of the world through stories enriched with sensory moments, observation, listening and games.

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm 
• Free for all classes in the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility

Preschool

A sensory experience at the heart of MEG's permanent exhibition.
For an hour, the little ones explore a world full of discoveries: soothing sounds, scents, varied textures and simple gestures to tell the fascinating stories of unique objects. As well as stimulating the senses, this activity is a great opportunity to introduce them to the museum and its inspiring atmosphere. It's an immersive, fun experience that will awaken curiosity and wonder in the youngest visitors!

Practical informations

• Duration: 1 hour
• Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Timetable: 8.45am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm 
• Free for all classes in the canton of Geneva
• CHF 50 for classes from outside Geneva
• Access to the permanent exhibition is free
• Accessible to people with reduced mobility