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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