Information

A multi-disciplinary approach

The Museum is a place where people can enjoy beauty and pause to reflect: it combines visual pleasure with a desire to gain a deeper knowledge of the world around us. This is why it adopts a multidisciplinary approach to its core activities: managing the collections, designing exhibitions, and outreach. Driven by its commitment to make the most of its heritage, the MahN also prompts visitors to question their own relationships with culture, ideas and the objects that surround them.

A museum that is open to the world

The MahN is committed to serving the general public, and it aims to be accessible to everyone. This is why cultural outreach is a key feature, with guided tours, workshops for adults and children, concerts and many other unique events. The MahN also develops and fosters partnerships with figures in the cultural world and scientific institutions – in the local region and beyond – to shed new light on its activities and integrate new issues into its scope.

Practical information

Museum of art and history

Opening hours

Tuesdays to Sundays from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

The Museum is also open on these special days:

12 April 2020 (Easter Monday)
31 May 2020 (Whit Monday)

The Museum is also closed on these special days:

28 and 29 September 2019 (Wine Harvest Festival)
24 and 25 December 2019 (Christmas Eve/Christmas Day)
31 December 2019 (New Year's Eve)
1 January 2020

Price of admission

CHF 8.00 / CHF 4.00 for students, AVS/AHV (social insurance cardholders), unemployed, military, groups of 10 or more people, Museum Tuesdays. CHF 4.00 for groups of students from universities and other higher education institutions outside the canton of Neuchâtel.

Free entry: persons aged up to 16, holders of the "30 Neuchâtel Museums" card (CHF 40.00 per year / CHF 20.00 for students, AVS/AHV (social insurance cardholders), unemployed)

Jaquet Droz Automata

CHF 120.00 for groups of up to 10 people
CHF 10.00 per person for the 11th and each additional person
CHF 70.00 for interpreting (German or English)

Special sessions for schools

CHF 60.00 is the inclusive price for schools of all levels from all locations

Guided tours with commentary

CHF 120.00 for a guided tour with commentary by a curator or assistant curator, on request

Free admission on Wednesdays

The historical galleries

Av. DuPeyrou 7
(courtyard of the Hôtel DuPeyrou)
Telephone: +41 (0)32 717 79 25 (general information)
Telephone: +41 (0)32 717 79 20 (secretarial team)

Opening hours

Wednesdays and Sundays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, or by appointment (except on public holidays).

Price of admission

Free of charge except during Museum Tuesdays and temporary exhibitions (CHF 4.00)

Special enquiries

For all information about opening times and days, and special visits (Jaquet-Droz automata, historical models, concerts or Museum Tuesdays), please call our reception on +41 (0)32 717 79 25, between 11:00 am and 6:00 pm (except on Mondays).