Welcome to the portal for online access to the collections of the Neuchâtel Museum of Art and History!
Let us help you discover the Museum's collections, ranging from applied and visual arts to history and numismatics. You can use this area to explore a wide selection of the Museum's extensive collections, which include over 150,000 items. New records will be added to this selection at regular intervals.
SUCHARD IS 200 YEARS OLD!
In 1826, Philippe Suchard founded his chocolate factory in Serrières. With the unwavering support of his family (and in particular his wife, his son Philippe and his son-in-law Carl Russ), the company quickly achieved success, expanding from a national to an international level. Over the decades, several of its creations have won over consumers around the world: Milka milk chocolate, Sugus fruit caramels and Suchard-Express instant drink are just a few examples.
Although the company left the canton for good in 1996, its legacy remains deeply rooted in Neuchâtel, both through a remarkable urban heritage in Serrières and through a rich collection of objects and images preserved by the Neuchâtel Museum of Art and History.
To mark this anniversary, discover the Suchard heritage through photographs, advertisements and packaging: each item tells a fragment of this industrial and culinary story that has shaped the history of chocolate for two centuries.
LEGS AMEZ-DROZ
Prestigious collection of paintings, works on paper and sculptures bequeathed to the MahN by Yvan Amez-Droz (1888-1976), a Parisian industrialist and art collector. It includes many artists from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century: Monet, Sisley, Pissarro, Renoir, Corot, Courbet and Gauguin.
FERDINAND HODLER
At the beginning of the 20th century, Ferdinand Hodler is an unavoidable figure on the Swiss and European art scene. In Switzerland, he decisively contributed to the modernisation of art and played a role as both a model, a driving force and a counter-model. We invite you to discover here the works by Hodler from our collections as well as the Neuchâtel artists who have inscribed themselves in this heritage.
TOOLS OF THE KRAMER COMPANY
In 1917, the Kramer factory began its medals and goldsmith activity in Neuchâtel. It produced medals, badges, beret insignia, but also silverware, such as cutlery and channes. In 1999, the company merged with Huguenin Médailleurs SA in Le Locle.
In 2002, the Museum of Art and History acquired just under 900 hole punches and stmping die from the Paul Kramer factory.
Ordering reproductions
You can obtain photographic reproductions of items in the collections of the Museum of Art and History. The price of these photographs depends on their nature and purpose of use. In response to each request, a quotation will be issued for approval by the persons concerned.
Use of these photographs is governed by regulations which anyone who obtains them is obligated to respect.