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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

Historical museum in Geneva (Switzerland)

Summary

Historical museum in Geneva (Switzerland)

Field	Value
name	International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
image	File:Geneva redcc museum entrance.jpg
coordinates
established
location	Avenue de la Paix 17, Geneva, Switzerland
type	museum
website	https://www.redcrossmuseum.ch/en/

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum is a museum located in Geneva, Switzerland.

History

The museum was opened in 1988 adjacent to the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross. From 1991 to 2024, it was partially funded an annual subsidy from the Swiss foreign ministry of 1.1 million francs ($1.2 million), equivalent to around a quarter of its overall budget. In September 2024, the Swiss government, as part of cost-cutting measures, transferred the subsidization of the museum to the culture ministry, which sparked fears over the museum's operating expenses due to the ministry's policy of forcing museums applying for the subsidy to compete with each other. In July 2025, an agreement was reached in which the culture ministry would subsidize 170,000 francs to the museum annually, while the cantonal government of Geneva and the foreign ministry would each provide 400,000 francs annually.

Collections

The museum contains 30,000 items in its collection, including the first Nobel Peace Prize medal, given jointly in 1901 to Red Cross founder Henry Dunant and French pacifist Frédéric Passy. It also contains the archives of the ICRC's International Prisoners of War Agency, which is included in the Memory of the World Register by UNESCO citing its role in reconnecting people separated during World War I. The museum sees an average of 120,000 visitors annually.

Gallery

File:La dignité piétinée © Fred Merz.jpg File:COMMUNIQUER POUR PREVENIR.jpg File:MICR permanente Objets des prisonniers © Fred Merz.jpg File:MICR - Aventure humanitaire - Rechercher les disparus.jpg File:Exposition temporaire, 2021 - "Concerné.e.s - 30 artistes face aux questions humanitaires" © Nicolas Righetti.jpg File:Exposition temporaire, 2021-2022 - "Un monde à guérir" © Julien Gremaud.jpg File:Exposition temporaire 2022 - "Who cares? Genre et action humanitaire" © Aline Bovard Rudaz.jpg File:Capsule temporelle et "les Jardins du Musée" © Aline Bovard Rudaz.jpg

References

(16 March 2025). "Geneva's International Red Cross Museum threatened with closure". Le Monde.
(30 January 2025). "'Incomprehensible': Red Cross museum fears closure amid Swiss funding cuts". France 24.
(1 July 2025). "Switzerland comes to the aid of Red Cross museum". France 24.

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