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  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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  • 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

Closed on public holidays.

Special opening times

  • Long Night of the Museums Today 0:00 - 2:00
    10:00 - 17:00

  • Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed

  • Event from 5 pm 12.09.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Family Day 20.10.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 27.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 19:00

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Today

0:00 - 2:00
10:00 - 17:00

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

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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

Closed on public holidays.

Special opening times

  • Long Night of the Museums Today 0:00 - 2:00
    10:00 - 17:00

  • Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed

  • Event from 5 pm 12.09.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Family Day 20.10.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 27.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 19:00

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On Thursday, 12 September 2024, the museum and library will close at 5 pm due to an event. Thank you for your understanding.

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Current blog articles

The Fribourg funicular: powered by wastewater

Thomas Weibel

5. September 2024

For 125 years, the ‹funiculaire› in the city of Fribourg has been running on a particular kind of renewable energy: wastewater. The ‹funi›, as the heritage-listed railway is known locally, is an important reminder of Fribourg’s industrial past.

Das «Funiculaire» in Freiburg mit sogenannten «Abt’schen Weiche» in der Mitte der Trasse, auf der sich die Wagen kreuzen.

Switzerland’s Karl May

Michael van Orsouw

3. September 2024

Franz Heinrich Achermann (1881–1946) is no longer remembered today. Nonetheless, the Lucerne clergyman wrote about 40 novels and dramas and was once Switzerland’s most widely read author of books for young people.

Volksschriftsteller Franz Heinrich Achermann

A citizen of the world, born in Gstaad

Claire Blaser

29. August 2024

Frieda Hauswirth was a Swiss national, US citizen and British subject: one woman’s odyssey across continents and corridors of power.

Porträt von Frieda Hauswirth, abgedruckt in ihrem Buch Meine indische Ehe.
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