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Musée d’ethnographie de Genève

The Musée d'ethnographie de Genève is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Geneva (Switzerland)
  • Also known as: “Geneva Ethnography Museum”, “MEG”, “Musée d’ethnographie”, “Musee d’Ethnographie (MEG)”, and “Musée d’Ethnographie (MEG)”
  • Address: Boulevard Carl-Vogt 67, Genève, 1205

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include MAMCO and Patek Philippe Museum.

Museum
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The is the contemporary art museum of , which opened in 1994. The building is a former factory building, with 3000 m2 of exhibition space, it is the largest contemporary art museum of Switzerland. is situated 130 metres northeast of Musée d’ethnographie de Genève.

Museum
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is situated 140 metres northeast of Musée d’ethnographie de Genève.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 200 metres north of Musée d’ethnographie de Genève.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Les Acacias and Champel.

Quarter
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is a district shared between the cities of and in , located on the left bank of the .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. is widely considered a posh, high-class neighbourhood due to its numerous parks and natural spaces, very luxurious apartments and proximity to the city center.

Town
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is a municipality in the , .

Musée d’ethnographie de Genève

Latitude
46.19784° or 46° 11′ 52″ north
Longitude
6.13671° or 6° 8′ 12″ east
Elevation
378 metres (1,240 feet)
Levels
3
Open location code
8FR854XP+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81596620
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
10228809
Wiki­data ID
Q1955752
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Musée d’ethnographie de Genève” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الإثنوغرافي في جنيف”
  • Armenian: “Ժնևի ազգագրության թանգարան”
  • Arpitan: “Musê d’etnografia de Geneva”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Etnografia de Ginebra”
  • Dutch: “Musee d’ethnographie de Geneve”
  • Dutch: “Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • Esperanto: “Etnografia Muzeo en Ĝenevo”
  • French: “MEG - Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • French: “Musee d’ethnographie de Geneve”
  • French: “musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • French: “Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • French: “musée d’ethnologie de Genève”
  • German: “Ethnographisches Museum Genf”
  • German: “Musée d’ethnographie de Geneve”
  • German: “Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • Greek: “Εθνογραφικό Μουσείο της Γενεύης”
  • Italian: “MEG”
  • Italian: “Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • Italian: “Museo etnografico di Ginevra”
  • Japanese: “ジュネーヴ民族学博物館”
  • Japanese: “ジュネーブ民族学博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Etnografisk museum i Genève”
  • Norwegian: “Etnografisk museum i Genève”
  • Slovenian: “Etnografski muzej v Ženevi”
  • Slovenian: “MEG”
  • Slovenian: “Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • Swedish: “Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”
  • Turkish: “Cenevre Etnografya Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей етнографії в Женеві”
  • “Musée d’ethnographie de Genève”

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