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  • Long Night of the Museums 06.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
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  • Knabenschiessen 15.09.2025 closed

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  • 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

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

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Library

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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

  • 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

  • Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2025 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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Begegnung

Die Katastrophe von Mattmark – Erinnerung an ein verdrängtes Unglück

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Eine Veranstaltung über Verantwortung, Vergessen und die Macht der Erinnerung: Vor 60 Jahren brach am 30. August 1965 ein Teil des Allalingletschers ab und begräbt die Baracken, Werkstätten und die Kantine der Baustelle des Mattmark-Staudamms unter einer Lawine aus Eis und Geröll. Es starben 88 Menschen – 55 Italiener und 1 Italienerin, 22 Schweizer und 1 Schweizerin, 4 Spanier, 2 Deutsche, 2 Österreicher und 1 Staatenloser. Trotz früherer Warnungen und grosser öffentlicher Empörung wird 1972 niemand für das Unglück rechtlich verantwortlich gemacht.

Wie geht man mit einer solchen Tragödie um – persönlich, politisch, gesellschaftlich? Und wie wird sie bis heute in der Schweiz und in Italien erinnert?

Darüber sprechen wir mit dem Zeitzeugen Thomas Burgener, der Historikerin Elisabeth Joris und dem Journalisten Kurt Marti

Moderation: Marina Amstad, Historikerin und Ausstellungskuratorin

Landesmuseum Zürich

Museumstrasse 2
8021 Zürich

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The installation

Keyvisual of the exhibition «Experiences of Switzerland – Water, power and resistance»

The 1950s saw a sharp rise in demand for electricity, including in Switzerland. Dams started to be built in the Alps on a grand scale. Once-in-a-generation projects such as the Grande Dixence dam, but also the flooding of the village of Marmorera in 1954 and the Mattmark disaster in 1965, fundamentally changed the lives of people in the Alpine regions. The video installation looks at the economic momentum, recalls the political disputes and addresses the logistical challenges. Contemporary witnesses talk about their various experiences relating to hydropower in the Alps, from the incredible feats of engineering to the tough working conditions on the construction sites. They describe the expansion of the infrastructure, but also how it impacted the world they lived in. And they look back at the resistance movement that developed against resettlement and at the calls for environmental protection.

About the format
Sometimes objects fail to tell the full story behind formative developments in Switzerland’s recent past. The ‘Experiences of Switzerland‘ format focuses on contemporary witnesses. Their fates and experiences, which in most cases are not found in any archives or records, provide visitors with a multifaceted and emotional insight into Swiss history. Featuring a different topic every year, the format does away with exhibits and consists of a large-format, immersive projection with sound delivered through headphones. Meanwhile, an exploration station features information on the latest research findings in the area and places the topic in its cultural-historical context.

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