Musée Ariana
Established | 1884 |
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Location | Geneva, Switzerland |
Coordinates | 46°13′32″N 06°08′20″E / 46.22556°N 6.13889°E |
Collections | Art glass and ceramic art |
Collection size | more than 20 000 objects |
Founder | Gustave Revilliod |
Website | www |
The Musée Ariana, also known as the Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre (Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass), is a museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork, and contains around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years,[1] representing the historic, geographic, artistic and technological breadth of glass and ceramic manufacture during this time.[citation needed] The collection is the only one of its kind in Switzerland.[2]
Built between 1877 and 1884, the museum is shaped by Neo-Classical and Neo-Baroque elements and is situated on Avenue de la Paix,[2] near the Palace of Nations.[3] It was built to house the private collection of the Swiss art collector and patron Gustave Revilliod, who named it after his mother, Ariane de la Rive, and later bequeathed it to the city of Geneva.[3] Since 1934 the museum has been a member of Geneva's association of art and history museums, Les Musées d'art et d'histoire Geneve, led by the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire.[4] Subsequently, parts of the collection have been dispatched to other museums while the Musée Ariana has acquired new exhibits in exchange, in order to focus the collection on glass and ceramics.[4]
In 1993 the museum was reopened after 12 years of building work.[4]
Notes
- ^ Le Musée Ariana: Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre From the website. (in French)
- ^ a b Ariana Museum Geneva Tourism. (in English)
- ^ a b The Palais des Nations: History UNOG: United Nations Office at Geneva. (in English)
- ^ a b c Repères historiques From the website. (in French)
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