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Guide des musées suisses. Edition Reinhardt, 2010.

La nouvelle édition du Guide des musées suisses vient de paraître. L'Association des musées suisses (AMS) y présente tous les musées du pays. Dans sa première édition, sortie en 1965, le guide mentionnait un peu plus de 300 musées. Dans le recensement de 2010, la barre des 1000 musées est pour la première fois dépassée : la 11e édition de l'ouvrage en mentionne en effet 1073.

Plus qu'un simple recensement, le Guide des musées suisses, richement illustré, propose un véritable parcours culturel à travers la Suisse : Outre une description des collections présentées au public, il donne toutes les informations nécessaires à la visite : les coordonnées, les heures d'ouverture et le site web, bien sûr, mais également les langues dans lesquelles les expositions sont accessibles.

Des pictogrammes indiquent en plus si l'institution est facilement accessible en transports publics, si elle dispose d'un parking, d'une cafétéria, d'une librairie, d'un accès facile pour les personnes à mobilité réduite et si le musée accepte le Passeport musées suisses. Enfin les musées particulièrement adaptés aux familles et ceux qui ont été récompensés dans la cadre du forum européen des musées sont également mentionnés et recommandés.

Une publication de l'Association des musées suisses, aux éditions Reinhardt. Disponible dès maintenant en librairie, dans les musées suisses et sous http://www.reinhardt.ch.

11e édition 2010
649 pages, avec illustrations en couleurs
couverture dure
CHF 38.-, EUR 25.90
ISBN 978-3-7245-1670-5 (Ende)

About the author

Nadia Sikorsky

Nadia Sikorsky grew up in Moscow where she obtained a master's degree in journalism and a doctorate in history from Moscow State University. After 13 years at UNESCO, in Paris and then in Geneva, and having served as director of communications at Green Cross International founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, she developed NashaGazeta.ch, the first online Russian-language daily newspaper, launched in 2007.

In 2022, she found herself among those who, according to Le Temps editorial board, "significantly contributed to the success of French-speaking Switzerland," thus appearing among opinion makers and economic, political, scientific and cultural leaders: the Forum of 100.

After 18 years leading NashaGazeta.ch, Nadia Sikorsky decided to return to her roots and focus on what truly fascinates her: culture in all its diversity. This decision took the form of this trilingual cultural blog (Russian, English, French) born in the heart of Europe – in Switzerland, her adopted country, the country distinguished by its multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Nadia Sikorsky does not present herself as a "Russian voice," but as the voice of a European of Russian origin with the benefit of more than 30 years of professional experience in the cultural world. She positions herself as a cultural mediator between Russian and European traditions; the title of the blog, "The Russian Accent," captures this essence – the accent being not a linguistic barrier, not a political position but a distinctive cultural imprint in the European context.

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