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Discover the second episode of the Dance Tour. Our journey into the world of music and dance continues with ballet. We couldn’t miss it! And when it comes to ballet, the nameIgor Stravinsky naturally springs to mind. 50 years have passed since the death of the Russian composer, who was born in the canton of […]

Philipe Jaccottet and José-Flore Tappy in Grignan, 2012photo: Christophe Gallaz “Approaching death, one should be able to lean against it to see only the living.” La Semaison, 1991 An international poet, translator and literary critic, Philippe Jaccottet, along with Rousseau, Ramuz and Cendrars, is one of only four Swiss authors to have been published in […]

500 years ago, in 1520, navigator and explorer Fernand de Magellan discovered the strait that would bear his name, and thus launched the first-ever circumnavigation of the globe. Fascinated by expeditions to faraway lands, we take you on a journey through time, from great discoveries to more recent explorations, via famous canals, maritime routes and […]

You may have had the chance to admire the works of Jean-Jacques Sempé projected onto the walls and facades of Geneva (Un printemps avec Sempéexhibition organized by the Société de Lecture de Genève)? On a pandemic night, to be offered a glimmer of light in the surrounding darkness – wasn’t that the sign of a […]

Discover the third episode of Tour de danse. After tango and ballet, let yourself be carried away by rock! The music that has made generations of people dance! Who is one of rock’s greatest icons? Certainly Jim Douglas Morrison, aka Jim Morrison, who died 50 years ago. Essential member and singer of The Doors, artist […]

Did you know that some archaeological objects travel? Some of these objects can take us back in time. As part of the temporary exhibition Des choses which runs until January 9, 2022 at the Laténium (Neuchâtel), two small archaeological finds from the Canton of Vaud are presented to the public. They left the Canton of […]