50 Years Musée international d’horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds

14 October 2024

The half-century anniversary of the Musée International d’horlogerie, located in the heart of the Parc des musées in La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton of Neuchâtel), will be celebrated in grand style on the weekend of 19 and 20 October, 50 years to the day after its opening.

In addition to a programme of guided tours, workshops, and demonstrations, the museum will offer the public several artistic performances in tribute to the emblematic Brutalist building.

Among the other highlights on Saturday, October 19, from 10 am, are La Turlutaine’s puppets in a new creation, Evaprod’s singers, and L’Amuse-Bar’s Blind Tests, who will bring the party to a climax with the blowing out of the candles of a giant birthday cake at 10.30 pm.

On Sunday, October 20, eight dancers from the company MOOST, led by Marc Oosterhoff, and dancers from ADN – Danse Neuchâtel on the roofs of the MIH will be the finale of this anniversary weekend.

On both days, the MIH will also present a unique, recently acquired work to the public at 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm.

Musée international d’horlogerie: Saturday 19 October, 10 am-5 pm and 8 pm-00 pm. Sunday 20 October, 10 am-5 pm, free admission.

(Source and further information: www.mih.ch)