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southern towers for a magnificent lake panorama or bell tower and old WWII observation
post respectively.
MUSÉE INTERNATIONAL DE LA RÉFORME
(
www.musee-reforme.ch
;
Rue du Cloître 4; adult/child Sfr13/6; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun)
To the side of
the cathedral sits this thoroughly modern museum inside a lovely 18th-century mansion. It
focuses on the Reformation, with state-of-the-art exhibits and audiovisuals bringing to life
everything from the earliest printed bibles to the emergence of Geneva as 'Protestant
Rome' in the 16th century, and from John Calvin to Protestantism in the 21st century. His-
tory buffs will love it. A combined ticket covering museum, cathedral and archaeological
site costs Sfr18 for adults and Sfr10 for children.
| History Museum
MUSÉE D'ART ET D'HISTOIRE
(Rue Charles Galland 2; permanent/temporary collection free/Sfr5; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun)
Konrad
Witz'
La pêche miraculeuse
(c 1440-44), portraying Christ walking on water on Lake
Geneva, is a highlight of Geneva's elegant art and history museum, built between 1903
and 1910.
| Art Museum
Plainpalais
Wedged between the Rhône and Arve rivers, this fairly nondescript district is home to the
university and a bevy of museums.
MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN
| Art Museum
(MAMCO;
www.mamco.ch
,
in French; Rue des Vieux Grenadiers 10; adult/child Sfr8/free; noon-6pm
Tue-Fri, from 11am Sat & Sun)
Set in an industrial 1950s factory, Geneva's museum of modern
and contemporary art plays cutting-edge host to young, international and cross-media ex-
hibitions. The museum is free between 6pm and 9pm on the first Wednesday of every
month.
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