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

On Wednesday, 28.5.2025, the library will close at 5 pm due to an event

Thursday, 29.5.2025 (Ascension day): The library is closed!

Special opening times

Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Long Night of the Museums 06.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
18:00 - 23:59

Sa, 6.9.2025 Long Night of the Museums,
10:00 - 17:00
18:00 - 23:59
Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2025 0:00 - 2:00
10:00 - 17:00

Su, 7.9.2025 Long Night of the Museums,
0:00 - 2:00
10:00 - 17:00
Knabenschiessen 15.09.2025 closed
Family Day 19.10.2025 10:00 - 17:00
22.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
23.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00
Christmas 25.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
27.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
28.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
29.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
30.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Day 01.01.2026 10:00 - 19:00
Saint Berchtold 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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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
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

On Wednesday, 28.5.2025, the library will close at 5 pm due to an event

Thursday, 29.5.2025 (Ascension day): The library is closed!

Special opening times

Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Long Night of the Museums 06.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
18:00 - 23:59

Sa, 6.9.2025 Long Night of the Museums,
10:00 - 17:00
18:00 - 23:59
Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2025 0:00 - 2:00
10:00 - 17:00

Su, 7.9.2025 Long Night of the Museums,
0:00 - 2:00
10:00 - 17:00
Knabenschiessen 15.09.2025 closed
Family Day 19.10.2025 10:00 - 17:00
22.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
23.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00
Christmas 25.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
27.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
28.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
29.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
30.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Day 01.01.2026 10:00 - 19:00
Saint Berchtold 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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Guided tour with an expert

Bundesrätinnen und Bundesräte seit 1848

9.9.2021 | 18:00accessibility.time_to19:00

with Alt-Bundesrat Pascal Couchepin

Expertenführung durch die Ausstellung «Bundesrätinnen und Bundesräte seit 1848».

Alt-Bundesrat Couchepin wird abwechselnd deutsch und französisch sprechen.

Landesmuseum Zürich

Museumstrasse 2
8021 Zürich

This event is in the past.

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info Reservations desk

National Museum Zurich

+41 44 218 66 00 reservationen@nationalmuseum.ch

Alt-Bundesrat Pascal Couchepin

*1942 in Martigny, VS.

Bundesrat der FDP von 1998 - 2009 in den Departementen WBF und EDI. 2003 und 2008 bekleidete er das Amt des Bundespräsidenten.

The exhibition

Since 1848, Switzerland has been governed by the Federal Council. But who are the people who direct the fate of the Swiss Confederation? Photographs, film clips, documents and clothing take visitors on a fascinating journey back in time to meet the 119 members of the nation’s government. At the centre of the exhibition, visitors can look around a replica of a Federal Council chamber. Another section of the exhibition showcases gifts received by the Swiss government from all over the world.

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