Visit

In its idyllic setting on Lake Geneva, right in the heart of Vevey, the Swiss Camera Museum offers a wonderful opportunity to visitors of all ages to discover the story of photographers and photography from its very beginnings till today.

In just a century, photography has become the most effective and most popular way of fixing an image, a back-up for our memory, a universal language.

The permanent exhibition, covering an area of more than 500 m², tells the story of photography, showing the inventors, and all the techniques involved, with a vast collection of photographic equipment, from camerae obscurae and magic lanterns to the most up-to-date numerical cameras.
The superb interior architecture, where past and present blend harmoniously, adds to the attraction of the exhibition and the multitude of explanatory boards, interactive displays, projections and videos.
Young visitors too will particularly enjoy the many games, texts and hands-on installations.

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Taking a photograph without a camera and discovering the magic of development can be done easily with a method inspired by William Henry Fox Talbot’s “photogenic drawings” or the surrealist photographer Man Ray’s “Rayographs”, that is the imprinting of small objects on sensitive paper, also known as photograms.

On Saturdays and Sundays and during the school holidays, the Museum offers to enhance your visit by discovering the film laboratory where a guide will help you to develop a photograph yourself in the form of a photogram that you will take home as a souvenir of your visit.

This experience can be done individually, with the family, or in groups of 5 persons.

Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and during school holidays.

With a curator or a cultural mediator, you will discover the Museum’s temporary exhibition.

Duration : about 45 min
Dates : from Tuesday to Friday
Number : 1 to 20 persons
Price : 75.- (CHF)

Arranged chronologically, the exhibition introduces you to the major themes of photography: from the prehistory of photography to digital image, your guide will show you the key objects, rarities and unpublished documents.

A the end of the visit, you receive a photograph of your group posing in the heart of the Museum.

Duration : about 1h
Dates : from Tuesday to Friday
Number : 1 to 20 persons
Price : 100.- (CHF)

The visit includes a visit of the silver laboratory. You create your own photogram – small prints of objects on sensitive paper – and develop you photograph yourself. Then, you take your creation home.

Duration : about 1h45
Dates : from Tuesday to Friday
Number : Maximum 10 persons
Price : 200.- (CHF)

Accompanied by a curator or a cultural mediator, you will discover the history of photography through a general tour or around a particular theme such as “The origins of photography”, “At the time of the plates”, “The century of film”, “The digital revolution”, “Laterna magica”, or through the theme of the current temporary exhibition.

With a curator or a cultural mediator, you will discover the history of photography through a general tour or around a particular theme such as “The origins of photography”, “The plate era”, “The century of the film”, “The digital revolution”, “Laterna magica”, or through the theme of the current temporary exhibition.

Duration : about 1h30
Dates : from Tuesday to Friday
Number : 1 to 20 persons
Price : 200.- (CHF)

General presentation of the permanent exhibition and guided tour to answer to any questions. Booking possible of 20 audio guides in German or English. Audio-guides can also be downloaded for Iphone and smartphone.

Duration : about 45 min
Dates : from Tuesday to Friday
Number : More than 30 persons
Price : 75.- (CHF)

The Museum welcomes you in the evening or after hours.

Price : 100.- (CHF) / hour

You receive a photography of your group by e-mail after your visit.

T +41 21 925 34 80
M cameramuseum@vevey.ch

The Museum offers you a choice of two activities to celebrate your birthday with your friends.

from 7 years old

Everyone will create and develop their own photograph to keep as a souvenir.

After this activity, you will taste your birthday cake that your parents will have brought for the snack.

As a gift, you will be able to download all the photos of your party taken by our photographer!

Duration: 2h00
Number: Maximum 10 children
Price: 185 CHF
Days: Saturday | Sunday from 2 to 4 pm

We thank you for arranging an adult to accompany the children during the activity

from 4 years old

Thanks to a big magic lantern that has been put back into operation, tales and legends, funny stories and other marvellous images will bring back all the magic of the projections of a time when cinema did not exist!

After this activity, you will enjoy your birthday cake that your parents will have brought for the snack.

As a gift, you will be able to download all the photos of your party taken by our photographer!

Duration: 2h00
Number: Maximum 10 children
Price: 185 CHF
Days: Saturday | Sunday from 2 to 4 pm

We thank you for arranging an adult to accompany the children during the activity

T +41 21 925 34 80
M cameramuseum@vevey.ch

The Swiss Camera Museum welcomes you in the evening for your private or professional events.

These can be accompanied by various activities adapted to the course of your evening: welcome and/or guided tours by the curators, activities in the laboratory or around the magic lantern, etc…

We will be happy to coordinate your services with various local caterers, ensuring that your invitation runs smoothly. It is also possible to organise your own catering with the partners of your choice.

T +41 21 925 34 80
M cameramuseum@vevey.ch