Maison d’Ailleurs
The Maison d'Ailleurs is a museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys in Yverdon-les-Bains. It is a non-profit foundation functioning both as a public museum and a specialized research center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum collection in Yverdon-les-Bains in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Maison d’Ailleurs (collection)”, “Musee d’Ailleurs”, and “Musée d’Ailleurs”
- Address: Place Pestalozzi 14, Yverdon-les-Bains, 1400
- Roof shape: gabled
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Yverdon and its Region and Théâtre Benno Besson.
Théâtre Benno Besson
Theater building
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Théâtre Benno Besson is a theater building, which is situated 130 metres north of Maison d’Ailleurs.
Yverdon-les-Bains railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sa-se, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yverdon-les-Bains railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon and Jura Foot lines of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm gauge Yverdon–Ste-Croix line of Travys. Yverdon-les-Bains railway station is situated 320 metres north of Maison d’Ailleurs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheseaux-Noréaz and Treycovagnes.
Cheseaux-Noréaz
Village
Photo: Gagnebin Hagui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cheseaux-Noréaz is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Treycovagnes
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Treycovagnes is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Treycovagnes is situated 2½ km west of Maison d’Ailleurs.
Sermuz
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sermuz is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km south of Maison d’Ailleurs.
Maison d’Ailleurs
- Categories: memory institution, collection, building, tourism, commercial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Yverdon, Jura-Nord vaudois District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.77868° or 46° 46′ 43″ northLongitude
6.642° or 6° 38′ 31″ eastElevation
438 metres (1,437 feet)Levels
3Open location code
8FR8QJHR+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 79904574OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Maison d’Ailleurs” goes by many names.
- French: “maison d’Ailleurs”
- French: “Maison d’Ailleurs”
- French: “Musée de la science-fiction”
- German: “Maison d’Ailleurs (Sammlung)”
- German: “Maison d’Ailleurs”
- German: “Museum der Science Fiction, der Utopie und der aussergewöhnlichen Reisen”
- Italian: “Maison d’Ailleurs”
- Portuguese: “Maison d’Ailleurs”
- Spanish: “Maison d’Ailleurs”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maison d’Ailleurs”. Photo: Brailovski, CC BY 3.0.