3^th june 2012

Visit free of charge. The Association des amisMIH offers a guided visit of the Musée international d'horlogerie on Sunday 3^th june 2012 at 10h30. The service of the guide is provided free of charge.

25^th August 2012

• Traditional excursion "A pas contés"

28^th April to 31^st July 2012

• Exhibition Cranks and toothed wheels - Thanks to this exhibition, the mechanisms and techniques of numerous devices and machines are explained in detail and, in particular, they can be handled by the public. Locks, safety-belts, ball-bearings or mobile phone vibrators conceal treasures of ingenuity. The exhibition consists of 14 interactive manipulations, each presenting a different mechanism. (Exhibition designed by l'Espace des Inventions de Lausanne)

28^th April to 30^th September 2012

• Robosphère - In parallel with the great 2012 exhibition, Robosphère is invited to the museum for more than five months. The world of robots is unveiled to visitors thanks to some of its most eminent representatives. Gilberto, timeless (and impassive) guide will lead everyone into the discovery of the circuits (printed) of his companions.

29^th April to 30^th September 2012

• Exhibition Automates et Merveilles – Merveilleux mouvements, surprenantes mécaniques - Automata are often conceived as objects of presentation and demonstration made to astonish, marvel and surprise the public. One of the leading items of this exhibition will be La Musicienne (the woman musician) by Henri-Louis Jaquet-Droz, which presents one of the main points of the theme, automated musical production, represented by music boxes and automata, barrel organs, mechanical musical instruments, as well as all kinds of carillons and sets of bells. Mystery clocks, mechanisms with perpetuel movements, « celestial » automata such as planetariums and clocks with complex astronomical indications will be presented and will constitute another leading subject of the exhibition. This exhibition is one part of the great themed exhibition which will take place on three sites, at the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Neuchâtel (Automates & merveilles: les Jaquet-Droz et Leschot) and at the Musée d'horlogerie in Le Locle (Automates & merveilles: chefs-d'oeuvre de luxe et de miniaturisation). For demonstrations and activities visit: www.automatesetmerveilles.ch.

19^th May 2012, 19h00 to 24h00

• Night of the Museums,  program (117 KB)

20^th May 2012, 10h00 to 17h00

• International museum day - Thème 2012 To show what is important: Museums in a world in motion,  program (116 KB)

20^th September 2012, 18h30

• Prix Gaïa - The 18th presentation of this distinction will reward one or several prominent figures for their work and research which has brought recognition to watchmaking.

4^th November 2012

• 36^th Swiss Watchmaking Fair - More than fifty watchmaker-tradesmen, antique dealers and collectors offer for sale : watches, clocks, tools, books and various items related to watchmaking.

8^th November 2012, 18h30

• Museum in mutation: Inauguration of the new sections - The new sections STYLE, HAND AND TOOL present a different approach of the collection and the history of time-measurement.

10^th November 2012, 10h00 to 17h00

• Journée du patrimoine horloger (Watchmaking Heritage Day)