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  • openinghours.days.long.friday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long

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  • openinghours.days.long.thursday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.saturday Open till openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Special opening times

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Christmas 25.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 27.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 28.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 29.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 30.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Good Friday 29.03.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Kars Saturday 30.03.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Easter 31.03.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Easter Monday 01.04.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Sechseläuten 15.04.2024 closed

  • Labour Day 01.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Ascension Day 09.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whitsun 19.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whit Monday 20.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • International Museum Day 21.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 08.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed

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Opening times

Museum, boutique and bistro

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.wednesday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.thursday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.friday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long

Library

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.wednesday openinghours.and openinghours.days.long.friday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.thursday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.saturday Open till openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Special opening times

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Christmas 25.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 27.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 28.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 29.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • 30.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Good Friday 29.03.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Kars Saturday 30.03.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Easter 31.03.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Easter Monday 01.04.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Sechseläuten 15.04.2024 closed

  • Labour Day 01.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Ascension Day 09.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whitsun 19.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whit Monday 20.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • International Museum Day 21.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 08.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed

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Dominik Matter

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Felix Graf

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In November 1834, 17-year-old Amélie Macaire, the daughter of a Genevan manufacturer, married German Count Friedrich von Zeppelin on an island in Constance that was the site of a former monastery. French was the predominant language spoken. And not without reason…

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Adrian Baschung

27. November 2023

In the autumn of 1632, Solothurn and Bern came within a whisker of going to war. A last-minute trade-off averted an escalation. A bloody tale from the Thirty Years’ War.

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