37 reviews

Musée des Suisses dans le Monde

Name: Musée des Suisses dans le Monde
Address: Chambesy, Switzerland
Rating: 4.4

Chambesy

Chem. de l'Impératrice 18, 1292 Pregny, Switzerland

History museum Tourist attraction

022 734 90 21

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Musée des Suisses dans le Monde is a history museum and tourist attraction located in Chambesy, Switzerland. The average rating of this business is 4.40 out of 5 stars based on 37 reviews. The street address of this business is Chem. de l'Impératrice 18, 1292 Pregny, Switzerland.

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Where Musée des Suisses dans le Monde is located at?: Musée des Suisses dans le Monde is located at Chem. de l'Impératrice 18, 1292 Pregny, Switzerland.
What is the contact number of Musée des Suisses dans le Monde?: The contact number of Musée des Suisses dans le Monde is 022 734 90 21
What is the email address of Musée des Suisses dans le Monde?: The email address of Musée des Suisses dans le Monde is musee [at] penthes.ch

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5 Seraphima Bogomolova 67 months ago

The estate of the Chateau de Penthes that currently houses Le Musee des Suisses Dans le Monde was first mentioned in 1358 when it was a home of the Lords of Visencier. Since then the chateau has been transformed and changed hands numerous times. Among its owners were Francois de Sacconay, Jean-Antoine de Charriere, the lord of Penthaz, hence the current name of the estate, Louis Birkigt, a Genevan industrialist, and Alexandre Sales, Geneva lawyer who in 1761 transformed the chateau into the building of the present look. From 1926 to 1934 the chateau housed Le Pensionnat Beaupre, a branch of an English school for girls - "The Abbey School".
"I was a student of the School in 1930-1931. I occupied a large room with three windows. There were 20-25 girls living at the chateau. One was Charlotte Bruhthardt, a niece of the Colonel Jules Respond, Commander of the Guards of the Pope. The facade with a large partly glassed in veranda supported by iron pillars in the style of Second Empire overlooked the park and the lake." - from the Memoires of Mme Antoinette Contat, a former student of the Pansionnat.
This romantic mansion-chateau sits in the middle of a large ancient park, called the park of the Empress in honour of Josephina de Beauharnais. There are lots of old oak trees can be found in the park. A rare site in Geneva. One of the curiosities of the hilly park is a stump of a Sequoia wellingtonia planted in 1870 and struck down in the storm on 6 October, 1993.
The park is maintained by the gardeners of The Botanical Gardens of Geneva. There is a stylish Swiss gourmet restaurant at the grounds of the estate, in the building before the chateau. The menu is interesting but pricey - main dish is between 35 and 45 Swiss Francs. If you do not want to splash on dining out, you can always have a picnic on the grassy slopes in the park and admire a breathtaking view of the lake and the Mont-Blanc.

5 Zhengze Xu 67 months ago

A little nice Swiss museum about the army and local history

5 Gianmarco Murgida 55 months ago

Beautiful park and museum

3 J-M 67 months ago

Le parc et le jardin sont fabuleux à l'entour (en fait le Parc de l'impératrice) en toutes saisons. La flore et la vue valent le détour (et donc de nombreux retours). Quant au Musée il est assez décevant: son intitulé promet beaucoup mais la scénographie et l'exposition mériteraient l'organisation de la visite autour d'une vraie vision historique et thématique. Par contre au second étage une exposition temporaire (sans être sur si elle continue en 2019) sur l'univers carcéral vaut la visite... et fait froid dans le dos.

5 Marco Majic 79 months ago

Magnifique petit musée dédié à certaines personnalités suisse

5 Tom Léger 91 months ago

Toujours de très bonnes expositions!

2 Jaime Santos 79 months ago

Musée privé, donc payant (10. Sfr en 2018), malgré un dépliant fourni à l'entrée explications trop succintes. Préférez une visite organisée avec guide les samedi et dimanche à 15h00.

5 Christa Defferrard 43 months ago

Des photos et des archives peu connus et extrêmement intéressantes pour les personnes qui veulent en savoir plus sur l'histoire militaire et la Suisse vue d'ailleurs.

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