Musée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge

Founded in 1981, Musée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge is a foundation based in Genève, Switzerland working on humanitarian aid & disaster relief, arts & culture, heritage +1 more.

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva presents the history of humanitarian action, from the founding of the Red Cross to contemporary challenges. Its permanent exhibition, The Humanitarian Adventure, uses personal stories, testimonies and immersive installations to ask how humanitarian action concerns everyone, here and now. The museum runs temporary exhibitions, an annual artist residency built with the public, guided and self-guided visits, school and group programmes, philosophical dialogue workshops, a café and gardens. It is located on Avenue de la Paix in Geneva, Switzerland, and is run by a foundation created in 1981. The museum opened to the public in 1988 and reopened after a major renovation in 2013.