Schools

School visits are our priority

MCBA is delighted to offer children, students, and teachers free entry to the museum. Sparking curiosity, sharing emotions and knowledge, and learning about original works is what we are all about.

We offer interactive visits, peer-led tours, made-to-measure teaching projects, guidance for planning visits, and exchanges of ideas and viewpoints to help schools make the most of their visit.

Contact: visites.mcba@plateforme10.ch

Visit formats

Guided tours for teachers

Teachers can book free guided tours of every MCBA exhibition, with information on the works, plans for classroom projects, teaching material, and guidance on planning class visits.

Advance booking required: visites.mcba@plateforme10.ch

Open access tours for classes

  • Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
  • Starting from 10.15 am
  • Free of charge, advance booking required at least two weeks in advance. Please let us know when you arrive.
  • Book an open access tour: The Collection
  • Book an open access tour: Alain Huck and Jardin d’hiver

    • Guided tours for classes

    Interactive tours with a guide, adapted for children aged 4 to 18. Each tour lasts one hour.

    • Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
    • starting from 10.15 am
    • Free of charge, advance booking required at least two weeks in advance
  • Book a guided tour: The Collection
  • Book a guided tour: Alain Huck and Jardin d’Hiver

    • Peer-led tours

    Peer-led tours, with children showing other children around the exhibition, allow youngsters to explore and experience the artworks on their own terms.

    Contact the museum’s education team for further information.

    • From age 9
    • Duration: 2 sessions at the museum and 1 session of classroom time

    The museum all year round:
    my museum album

    Classes are invited to visit the museum several times for various exhibitions, building strong links with the works of art and the museum itself. Each child records their experiences in a special sketchbook.

    Contact the museum’s education team for further information: visites.mcba@plateforme10.ch

    • From age 4
    • Duration: 3 x one-hour sessions at the museum
    • Free of charge, advance booking required at least two weeks in advance

    Educational resources

    About MCBA

    Activities allow students to discover some of the architectural elements of the new MCBA, with the aim of making them aware of issues related to the built environment that surrounds them.
    From 12 years old

    Activities for classes (fr)

    Toolkit for visitors

    Available to download

    Books for children

    Regarde, elles parlent !
    15 œuvres du musée te racontent leur histoire

    Ces récits présentent quinze œuvres de la collection du MCBA, de François Dubois à Kader Attia, à l’appui de leurs reproductions et d’illustrations inédites de Fausto Gilberti.
    Public : dès 8 ans

    Gisèle Comte, Sandrine Moeschler, Laurence Schmidlin et Deborah Strebel

    (fr.), 92 p., 15 ill. en couleurs et 15 ill. originales de Fausto Gilberti, 15 x 21 cm

    Coédition : Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne / La Joie de lire, Genève

    ISBN : 978-2-88908-489-0

    CHF 19,90.-

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    Ça bouge au musée !

    This book encourages toddlers to develop their sense of touch and fine motor skills by using their fingers to follow a line through works in the collection from the 19th to the 21st century.
    Public: up to 2 years

    Gisèle Comte, fr., 20 p., 14 colour illustrations, 16 x 16 cm
    Co-publication: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne / La Joie de lire, Geneva

    CHF 14.-

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    Photos: MCBA, Nora Rupp