Museum
Jean -Jacques Rousseau Museum
Jean-Jacques Rousseau museum. © Guillaume Trouvé, Paris
- OrtPlace
Môtiers
- DauerRecommended Duration
- 1 h 0
Visit the house where Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived between 1762 and 1765 during his exile in Neuchâtel.
The Musée Rousseau evokes Jean-Jacques Rousseau's stay in Môtiers in two of the four upstairs rooms of the house where he spent 3 years in exile.
Discover some 200 original documents divided into 8 stations, recounting his discovery of Switzerland, the late 15th-century building he lived in, the peculiar dress his infirmities led him to adopt, his social relationships and the portrait he offered his public.
Opening hours
Opening hours
- From 17 May 2025 to 12 Oct 2025
- Saturday - Sunday
- 14:00 - 17:00
- Exceptional closings
- From the 13 Oct 2025
- Inaccessible
Prices
Prices
- Prices per personStandard entrance fee
- CHF 7.-
- Group entrance fee
- CHF 5.-
Good to know
Good to know
- PLEASE NOTE: works involving the closure of the Museum are planned for 2025, on dates yet to be determined. We advise you to contact us by telephone or email for further information
- Access by public transport: Môtiers SBB train station
- The museum may be open exceptionally outside these hours for groups wishing a guided tour
- Tour guides available in French, German, English, Italian or Spanish
- The museum does not accept credit/debit cards
- The visit serves as the starting point for the Promenade de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a walk marked out by 60 bronze pebbles through the village and up to the famous Cascade mentioned in the second Lettre au Maréchal de Luxembourg
On site
On site
- Accessibility
- Free parking
- Pets allowed
- Accessible by public transport
- Custom hours on request
- Activities
- Exhibition / explanations
- Guided tours
- Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Suitable for groups
- WC
Access
Zugang
- Public transport
- Directions
Links & PDFs
Links & PDFs
Contact
Contact
- Musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau 2 2112 Môtiers +41 32 860 11 94 info@museerousseau.ch cadsandria.synology.me