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Tu – We, Fr 10:00 - 18:00

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openinghours.days.long.saturday Geöffnet bis openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Sa – Mo closed

Special opening times

Anniversary weekend, free entry 10.06.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Anniversary weekend, free entry 11.06.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Late Night at Zurich’s Museums 02.09.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Late Night at Zurich’s Museums 03.09.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Knabenschiessen 11.09.2023 closed

Family Day 29.10.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

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Red-haired Zora and the Black Brothers
10 June – 12 November 2023
Key visual from the Swiss Press Photo 23 exhibition, Photo: Laurent Gilleron

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Swiss Press Photo 23
5 May – 25 June 2023
Keyvisual of the exhibition „Happy you have rights day. 175 years of the Federal Constitution” | © Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

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Happy you have rights day
17 March – 16 July 2023
Key visual of the "History of Switzerland" exhibition

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History of Switzerland
Permanent exhibition
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A magic carpet ride through history
Permanent exhibition
Key visual of the exhibition "The Collection

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The collection
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125 Jahre Landesmuseum | © © Swiss National Museum

Festival

Anniversary weekend

Entrance free

10 – 11 June 2023 | 10:00 – 17:00
Keyvisual of the exhibition „Happy you have rights day. 175 years of the Federal Constitution” | © Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

Guided Tour

Happy you have rights day

175 years of the Federal Constitution

English

17 June 2023 | 13:30 – 14:30
Exhibition view of the permanent exhibition "The Collection".

Guided Tour

Highlights - objects in the spotlight

English

23 June 2023 | 11:30 – 12:30
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Current blog articles

Inventing the battlefield

Barbara Basting

6. June 2023

Paintings of battles often tell us more about the political backdrop than about military successes or acts of war. What they actually reveal are changing understandings of history.

A bold bird’s eye view: the Battle of Alexanderat Issus, painted by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529.
The Confederation’s policy of concordance

René Roca

2. June 2023

The Swiss Confederation has had a constitution since 1848. Yet the history of this legal document, which is still in force today, dates back much further. It would be almost impossible to imagine the federal state in its current form without this historical prelude.

Helvetia, enthroned in the centre, is crowned with a laurel wreath as she brandishes the new Federal Constitution. Instead of the usual allegories, she is flanked on both sides by citizens depicted in military uniform and in civilian dress, embodying the people as the supreme political authority.
Gull’s big break

Cristina Gutbrod

30. May 2023

Gustav Gull’s design for the Swiss National Museum in the late 19th century marked the start of his rise to become a star architect.

Gustav Gull’s design for the Swiss National Museum in Zurich’s application to host the museum, 1890.
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