Museums

Illustration of MuMAPS in Sainte-Croix: museum room of mechanical art with a singing bird automaton in a golden cage, music boxes, and antique automatons, admired by amazed children and their families.

MuMAPS – Museum of Art Mechanics and Heritage

Sainte-Croix, Vaud

Have your children ever seen a mechanical doll write or a bird sing without batteries? In Sainte-Croix, the capital of music boxes, the MuMAPS brings automata and art mechanics back to life during demonstrations that amaze both young and old.

5-12 years

Illustration of La Maison du Gruyère in Pringy: a cheesemaker is working the milk in a large copper vat, wheels of golden Gruyère are stacked in the cellar behind a glass, and a family is watching the production with curiosity.

Indoor Wheelchair accessible

The House of Gruyère

Gruyères, Fribourg

How is the famous Gruyère AOP made? In Pringy, across from the train station, the demonstration cheese dairy opens its vats to you. In the morning, your children watch the cheesemakers at work, with a fun audio guide in their ears. A delicious and lively visit, just a stone's throw from the Château de Gruyères.

3-12 years

Illustration of the Maison d'Ailleurs in Yverdon-les-Bains, the museum of science fiction, with its stone building, rockets, planets, and families exploring.

Maison d'Ailleurs, the science fiction museum in Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud

What if a rainy afternoon became a journey to other worlds? Just a stone's throw from Place Pestalozzi, the Maison d'Ailleurs immerses your children in science fiction, utopia, and extraordinary travels. A museum unlike any other, designed for dreaming as a family.

7-17 years

Illustration plate of the Jean Tinguely – Niki de Saint Phalle Space in Fribourg: large hall with colorful mechanical sculptures (wheels, gears) and vibrant round figures, amazed children

Jean Tinguely Space – Niki de Saint Phalle

Fribourg, Fribourg

What if your children discovered sculptures that move on their own? At the Espace Jean Tinguely – Niki de Saint Phalle, in Fribourg, the machines come to life in a great joyful uproar. A museum where art becomes a true spectacle.

4-14 years

Swiss Museum of Photography

Vevey, Vaud

How was a photo made before smartphones? At the Swiss Camera Museum in Vevey, your children travel back in time through images, from the first black boxes to digital. Free for those under 16, with a lab to develop their own photo. Tempted?

6-14 years

Illustration plate from the Natural History Museum of Fribourg: illuminated display cases with taxidermied animals (lynx, toucan, owl, fox) and curious children observing.

Fribourg Natural History Museum

Fribourg, Fribourg

Want an outing that will open your children's eyes wide? At the Natural History Museum of Fribourg, admission is free and the displays are full of life. Take advantage of it: the museum will close its doors in autumn 2027 for its relocation.

3-12 years

Illustration plate of the Swiss Museum of Games, medieval castle of La Tour-de-Peilz on the shores of Lake Geneva with its towers, courtyard, and a small harbor, and families heading there.

Indoor Wheelchair accessible

Swiss Museum of Games, La Tour-de-Peilz

La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud

And what if a museum invited you to play for real? By the lake, in a real castle, the Swiss Museum of Games offers the whole family the chance to discover, touch, and test games from around the world. An outing where your children learn while having fun.

4-16 years