EANA 2026 Conference





Museum Visits on Technology and Time

When: Friday 4 September 2026
Time: 14h30 Guided tour (EN) "Jacquet Droz Automates" // 15h30 Guided tour (EN) "In poursuit of time"
Where: Musée des Arts et Histoire Neuchâtel
Transportation*: Bus strop "Jardin Anglais" on line 101
Cost: 8CHF to pay at the museum entry desk

On Friday afternoon, join us for two guided tours at Neuchâtel's Museum of Art and History. You are welcome to join one, the other, or both, for the price of 8chf to pay at the museum entrance. Please make sure to register to ease organization!

The first, at 14h30, will be dedicated to the Jacquet Droz Automata. The same technologies used in watch-making (and space exploration!) have been used to create these 18th century "robots"!

The second, starting at 15h30, will take you through "In poursuit of time", a temporary exhibit developed in partnership with the European Space Agency, the CERN, and many other academic and scientific institutions.


Credits: Images from the museum. From left to right, top to bottom: photography of the museum taken from the street, poster for the exhibit “Des etoiles aux atomes”, photography of one of the automata playing piano, photography of the automata mechanism.


External links:
Museum: https://www.mahn.ch/en/
Tour 1: https://www.mahn.ch/en/expositions/automates-jaquet-droz
Tour 2: https://www.mahn.ch/en/expositions/a-la-poursuite-du-temps
Neuchâtel Tourist Card: https://www.j3l.ch/en/Z10779/neuchatel-tourist-card
Transportation timetable: https://www.transn.ch/

*Note on transportation during EANA: we encourage participants to make use of their Neuchâtel Tourist Card, delivered when checking in your accommodation. This gives you the right to travel for free by public transport in the entire Canton, including local buses.