15 September 2006 – 6 October 2006

"Everything starts with a garden"

(historic room)

Address

Fondation Martin Bodmer Bibliothèque et Musée
19-21 route du Guignard
1223 Cologny (Genève)
phone +41 22 707 44 33
http://www.fondationbodmer.org

Opening Hours

Tuesday - Sunday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

Located in the village of Cologny, this exceptional collection is the life’s work of Martin Bodmer (1899-1971). Ranking among the most important private libraries
in the world, it reflects the adventure of the human intellect since the dawn of writing. It gathers approximately 160’000 documents in 80 languages which include a few hundreds of western and oriental manuscripts as well as 270 incunabula (books printed before 1500), among which one of the few copies of the Gutenberg Bible.

Additional building opened in 2003; Architect: Mario Botta.

Within 10 days
starting exhibitions
ending exhibitions