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The Museum of the History of Science houses a collection of scientific instruments from the cabinets of Genevan scientists from the 17th to the 19th century. Throughout the rooms, visitors discover the instrumentation used in the scientific disciplines of the time.

The Museum of the History of Science houses a collection of scientific instruments from the cabinets of Genevan scientists from the 17th to the 19th century. Throughout the rooms, visitors discover the instrumentation used in the scientific disciplines of the time. The section devoted to astronomy includes instruments from the former observatory founded in 1772 (telescopes, planets, astrolabes, etc.). The physics section includes instruments from the former physics cabinets of Pictet, Chapeaurouge and Senebier (batteries, microscopes, de Saussure collection, etc.). Also on display are instruments for navigation (sextants, octants, compasses, etc.), surveying (graphometers, theodolites, alidades, etc.), medicine (stethoscopes, surgical kits, anatomical models, etc.) and meteorology (hygrometers, barometers, etc.). The Museum is housed in the exceptional Villa Bartholoni, a neo-classical jewel dating from 1830, set in the enchanting Parc de la Perle du Lac on the shores of Lake Geneva.

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Musée d'histoire des sciences
Rue de Lausanne 128
1202 Genève
022 418 50 60 (musée)
mhs@ville-ge.ch

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