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Tu – We, Fr 10:00 - 18:00

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Th 10:00 - 19:00

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

Sa – Mo closed

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Familientag 29.10.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Heiliger Abend 24.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Weihnachten 25.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Stephanstag 26.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

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Silvester 31.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Neujahr 01.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

Berchtoldstag 02.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

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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

Tu – We, Fr 10:00 - 18:00

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

Th 10:00 - 19:00

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

Sa – Mo closed

Special opening times

Familientag 29.10.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Heiliger Abend 24.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Weihnachten 25.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Stephanstag 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

Silvester 31.12.2023 openinghours.openfromto.long

Neujahr 01.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

Berchtoldstag 02.01.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

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Current exhibitions

Keyvisual of the exhibition „Multilingual Switzerland” | © Swiss National Museum

Exhibition

Multilingual Switzerland
15 September 2023 – 14 January 2024
Keyvisual of the exhibition wild and beautiful – fashion by Ursula Rodel | © ©Pierre Commoy

Exhibition

wild and beautiful
21 July 2023 – 31 March 2024

Exhibition

Italianità
14 July 2023 – 14 April 2024
| © © Swiss National Museum

Exhibition

Red-haired Zora and the Black Brothers
10 June – 12 November 2023
Key visual of the "History of Switzerland" exhibition

Exhibition

History of Switzerland
Permanent exhibition
© Swiss National Museum

Exhibition

A magic carpet ride through history
Permanent exhibition
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Guided tours and events

Detail of the poster for the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 in Zurich.

Guided Tour

Swissness – Tradition and innovation

English

13 October 2023 | 11:30 – 12:30
125 Jahre Landesmuseum | © © Swiss National Museum

Jubiläumsführung

Anniversary tour - anecdotes, souvenirs and outlooks

English

15 October 2023 | 13:30 – 14:30
Keyvisual of the exhibition wild and beautiful – fashion by Ursula Rodel | © ©Pierre Commoy

Guided Tour

wild and beautiful

Fashion by Ursula Rodel

English

21 October 2023 | 13:30 – 14:30
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Current blog articles

Parting company the neutral way

Thomas Bürgisser

3. October 2023

At the end of the Cold War, the concept of neutrality lost something of its relevance. This in turn led, at the beginning of the 1990s, to the breakup of the grouping that had brought together Europe’s four neutral nations: Switzerland, Sweden, Austria and Finland.

Gathering of neutrals. From left to right: Federal Councillor Kaspar Villiger, Finland’s Elisabeth Rehn, Austria’s Werner Fasslabend and Sweden’s Anders Björck at the Bernerhof in Bern.
The different fates of Switzerland’s dialects

Alexander Rechsteiner

27. September 2023

Dialects play different roles in Switzerland’s language regions: in German-speaking Switzerland they dominate everyday life, while in French-speaking Switzerland they have virtually disappeared, and in Italian-speaking Switzerland they are only spoken with close friends and family. The reasons behind these differences can be found in history.

The French- and German-speaking areas of Switzerland meet on the hills above the town of Biel-Bienne
The woman who saved folk music

Rachel Huber

21. September 2023

Armed with a steely resolve and tape recorder, Hanny Christen from Basel-Landschaft preserved folk music during the 1950s, just as it was in danger of dying out.

Hanny Christen at work collecting folk songs.
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