Practical information

Practical information

Exhibitions, guided tours, workshops and activities for families, groups, businesses and schools: the History Museum has something for everyone. See our upcoming events

Opening hours:

History Museum: Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 – 17.00

Café des Musées:

  • Tuesday to Wednesday: 10.00 – 17.00
  • Thursday: 10.00 – 19.00
  • Friday to Sunday: 10.00 – 17.00

Special opening days:

  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday
  • Whit Monday

Closed: Mondays, 1 January, 24, 25 and 31 December

Areas accessible without a ticket

Admission

  • Full price: CHF 12.–
  • Concession: CHF 8.– (Student, Senior Citizen, Disability Insurance, Caritas card)
  • Under 16s: free
  • Free entry on Sunday mornings, from 10.00 to 12.00.

A 2‑day pass to visit five of the city’s museums:

History Museum, Musée international d’horlogerie, Fine Art Museum, MUZOO, Rural and Craft Museum

  • Full price: CHF 20. –
  • Concession: CHF 16. –
  • 12 – 16 yrs: CHF 9. –
  • Children (under 12): free
  • Families: CHF 39.– (maximum 2 adults and up to 5 children)
  • Pupils and students from public schools in the canton of Neuchâtel, accompanied by their teacher
  • Members of the Friends of the History Museum
  • Neuchâtel Tourist Card
  • Raiffeisen members
  • Neuchâtel Museum Card
  • Passport
  • Swiss Museum Pass
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds Museum Pass
  • ICOM and AMS members
  • Swiss Travel System
  • AG Culturel
  • Avantages jeunes Card
  • Carer accompanying a person with a disability
  • Group rate: CHF 8.– per person (for groups of 10 or more)
  • Free admission for 1 accompanying adult per group
  • The group rate applies when a single person pays for all admission tickets.

Accessibility

Access to the museum is temporarily modified. Please check the access map before your visit.

  • All floors accessible (lift)
  • Visitor route suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs
  • Guide dogs allowed
  • Main entrance: History Museum, Rue des Musées 31
  • International Watchmaking Museum: internal connection by lift
  • From La Chaux-de-Fonds CFF railway station: approximately 10 minutes’ walk

Parking Métropole (in the immediate vicinity)

  • Parking in the town centre
  • Blue zones: free for 2 hours (parking disc)
  • Rue des Musées · Rue du Grenier · Rue de la Promenade
  • White zones: paid parking (via parking meter)

Parking cards

  • Daily or weekly cards on sale at the museum reception
  • Sundays: free parking (blue and white zones)

Contact

Museum reception (information and bookings)

Administration

Rue des Musées 31, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds

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