ICRC
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum is a museum located in Geneva, Switzerland.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historical museum in Geneva (Switzerland)
- Also known as: “International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum” and “Musée International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge”
- Address: Avenue de la Paix 17
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palace of Nations and ICRC Library.
Palace of Nations
Public building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palace of Nations is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations. Palace of Nations is situated 360 metres southeast of ICRC.
ICRC Library
Library
The library of the International Committee of the Red Cross – in French: la bibliothèque du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge – is a public library based at the headquarter of the international organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
Musée Ariana
Museum
Photo: Gfuerst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Musée Ariana, also known as the Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre, is a museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork, and contains around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years, representing the historic, geographic, artistic and technological breadth of glass and ceramic manufacture during this time. Musée Ariana is situated 270 metres southeast of ICRC.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sécheron and Le Grand-Saconnex.
Le Grand-Saconnex
Town
Photo: LaMèreVeille, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Le Grand-Saconnex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located in Grand Saconnex.
ICRC
- Categories: history museum, memory institution, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Geneva, Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.22741° or 46° 13′ 39″ northLongitude
6.1369° or 6° 8′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8FR864GP+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 189088527OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q683406
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“ICRC” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կարմիր խաչի և Կարմիր մահիկի միջազգային թանգարան”
- Catalan: “Museu Internacional de la Creu Roja i la Mitja Lluna Roja”
- Chinese: “国际红十字与红新月博物馆”
- Chinese: “国际红十字会及红新月会博物馆”
- Dagbani: “International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum”
- Dutch: “Internationaal Rode Kruis en Rode Halve Maan Museum”
- Dutch: “Internationaal Rode Kruis en Rode Halvemaan Museum”
- Finnish: “Kansainvälinen Punaisen Ristin ja Punaisen Puolikuun museo”
- French: “MICR”
- French: “Musee international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge”
- French: “musée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge”
- French: “Musée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge”
- Georgian: “წითელი ჯვრის საერთაშორისო კომიტეტი”
- German: “Internationales Museum des Roten Kreuzes und des Roten Halbmonds”
- German: “Internationales Rotkreuz- und Rothalbmondmuseum”
- Macedonian: “Меѓународен музеј на Црвен крст и Црвена полумесечина”
- Spanish: “Museo Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja”
- Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Kimataifa ya Msalaba Mwekundu na Hilali Nyekundu”
- Tatar: “Халыкара Кызыл Хач һәм Кызыл Ярымай музее”
- Ukrainian: “Музей Міжнродного червоного хреста та червоного пів місяця”
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