Ella Maillart

Organized by Sujettes, a Lausanne-based association founded in 2023, dedicated to promoting the Swiss “matrimoine.” For this third edition, the Journées du Matrimoine, Sujettes, and La Nuit des Musées are joining forces to celebrate the cultural legacies of women and marginalized communities in Lausanne by creating a Parcours Matrimoines. To mark the occasion, Museum Night is offering tickets to explore the activities at partner museums—Photo Elysée, the MCBA, and the MCAH—on

After four and a half years of construction, the Lycée-Collège Ella Maillart (middle and high school) in Sion was inaugurated on September 1, 2026, in the presence of State Councilors Christophe Darbellay and Franziska Biner, as well as the mayor of Sion, Philippe Varone and Romaine Crettenand Sierro, LCEM’s director. The building now replaces the Collège Planta, which closed last June. The project was launched in 2017. With a floor area of 8,000 m², the building can accommod

As in 2025, the Challenge Ella Maillart 2026 was won by Charlotte Frei from Pully. The prize honours the first women in the corrected time ranking of the Translémanique solo race, the most demanding and coveted regatta on Lake Geneva. It has been organised by the Cercle de la Voile of the Société Nautique de Genève since 1974. The Ella Maillart Challenge remains in the possession of the SNG and is displayed with the name of each winning racer engraved on the base. Ella Mailla