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| International Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum |
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| The International Red Cross, founded by Geneva businessmen and good Samaritans, Henri Dunant and Henri Dufour in 1864, is the world's very first humanitary organisation to have been created. Different medias such as photos, films, objects, documents and soundtracks present you with the atrocities perpetuated by the human being. Furthermore they inform you about their current actions and give you the latest news from the field. |
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| Patek Philippe Museum |
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| The Patek Philippe Museum accommodates a collection of antique watches from Geneva, Switzerland and Europe dating from the 16th to the early 19th century. In addition, the very exclusive watches from the master watchmaker Patek Phillippe are also exposed since their creation in 1839 up to the present day with more than 160 different pocket watches or wristwatches. |
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| Address: Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 7, 1205 Geneva - Phone: 022 807 09 10 - Internet: Patek Philippe Museum |
| Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art |
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| The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, also called MAMCO and located in a former factory of the 1950s, is hosting international, young and cross-media exhibitions. It has various installations such as videos, photographs, paintings and sculptures from the early 1960s to the present day and exhibits three times per year temporary exhibitions and new presentations of its collections. |
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