We are the largest natural history museum in Switzerland.
Founded in 1820, the Museum employs more than 100 people, including 30 scientists.

Our main missions are:

• conservation and protection of our natural history collections, consisting of about 15 million specimens
• research (biodiversity, systematics, earth sciences)
• communication and education

Between 250,000 and 300,000 people visit the Geneva Natural History Museum each year.

The Natural History Museum of Geneva also runs another museum in the city: the History of Sciences Museum.