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In this gallery you can learn about the history of the city from the Middle Ages until today.
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Permanent exhibitions of stuffed Swiss animals in their local environment as well as insects and geology. They also have fossils on display as well as a terrarium. The museum hosts temporary exhibitions too, themed around different animals. There's a café and a shop too.
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The collection of paintings, though not very big, includes works of Pissarro, Renoir, and some other important artists. Among other exhibits a special place belongs to Jaquet-Droz automata, three 18th-century, life-size clockwork dolls of exquisite complexity: the musician, the draughtsman, and the writer. They can be seen in action on the first Sunday of each month.
The old castle, which sits atop a small hill in the centre of town, houses the parliament of the Canton of Neuchâtel, as well as an old medieval cathedral. The city's Old Town also features many centuries-old yellow sandstone buildings and narrow cobblestone streets.
Collegial church
Also part of the castle complex.
A large red Catholic church dominates the skyline of northeastern Neuchâtel.