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Museums of Geneva

Geneva is one of Switzerland’s most populous cities and it’s also one of its most visited when it comes to the tourist industry. The city has so much to offer tourists that it’s not hard to see why. From a mesmerising city life, packed with workers going about their day to day business and traversing some of the most architecturally stunning buildings, to an enigmatic night life where the city buzzes with energy like no other, Geneva is truly a city that has its all.

Known as a city of diplomacy, however, there is something about Geneva that attracts many tourists who are great fans of culture. Fortunately, this merely means they are never disappointed whilst on holiday, because there are a great deal of attractions catering specifically to this type of tourist. Geneva is packed with an impressive volume of museums, all of which offer various and differing collections that cater to all tastes. For example, the Natural History Museum takes visitors on a tour of the world’s trip through evolution, both in terms of species and culture, whereas the Archaeological Site of Saint Peter’s Cathedral is just that – a site of immense archaeological interest.

The Art and History Museum at Rue Charles-Galland 2 was designed to be an encyclopaedic museum, which takes visitors on a journey through Western culture from the very beginning of this fascinating culture to where it stands today. It contains items of archaeological interest, incredible examples of the fine arts and applied arts – the latter of which includes things like furniture, textiles and armour.

If you’d like a museum trip that is a little more relaxed, head along to the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, to which a fragrant visit is the ideal way to spend a warm afternoon. Geneva’s extensive botanical gardens is a mesmerising sight, with huge stretches of land spreading out and offering thousands upon thousands of different species of plants, trees and shrubs, letting garden fans get their fill of horticulture and other visitors simply getting the opportunity to enjoy sights of immense beauty. Within the gardens is a conservatory that visitors can enter to view some of its 220,000 strong book library, as well as a herbarium, with more 5.5 million samples, which visitors can enter by appointment.

You’ll undoubtedly want to visit many of Geneva’s fantastic museums once you step off your Geneva flights – just make sure you find a way to plan them all in!

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