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Today

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

Special opening times

  • Good Friday 18.04.2025 all day

  • Kars Saturday 19.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Sechseläuten 28.04.2025 closed

  • Labour Day 01.05.2025 10:00 - 19:00

  • International Museum Day 18.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension Day 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 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

  • 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 - 19:00

  • 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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Today

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

Special opening times

  • Good Friday 18.04.2025 all day

  • Kars Saturday 19.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Sechseläuten 28.04.2025 closed

  • Labour Day 01.05.2025 10:00 - 19:00

  • International Museum Day 18.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension Day 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 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

  • 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 - 19:00

  • 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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Project Micmac_II

MICMAC_II (Microbes for the Archaeological Wood Conservation_II) is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and conducted under the lead of the University of Neuchatel (Prof Edith Joseph).

The aim of the project is to examine in how far the decay of marine waterlogged woods (e.g. ships), or even freshwater finds, can be prevented by removing the sulphur and iron compounds lodged in the object. For this purpose, the use of biological agents (sulphur-oxidizing bacteria and iron-binding complexes) is now being tested on the wood, prior to any regular conservation steps.

Partners in the project are the Swiss National Museum, the Archäologische Dienst Bern (ADB), the Haute Ecole Arc Neuchatel, and Arc’Antique (France). The SNM is tasked with carrying out analyses and lab tests and preserving various pre-treated samples.

The biological pre-treatment of waterlogged woods from marine and freshwater environments was shown to be successful through this project.

Link to project

 

Publications

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/2/203

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/8/1656/pdf

https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01908-9

Project participants

  • Head of project Prof Dr Edith Joseph, University of Neuchatel
  • Dr Mathilde Monachon, University of Neuchatel
  • Dr Magdalena Albelda-Berenguer, University of Neuchatel
  • Dr Sathiyanarayanan Ganesan, University of Neuchatel
  • Friederike Moll-Dau, Conservation Department, Archäologischer Dienst, Bern
  • Emilie Cornet, Conservation Department, Archäologischer Dienst, Bern
  • Charlène Pelé-Mezziani, Conservation Department, Arc’Antique, Nantes (F)
  • Line Pedersen, Conservation Department, Haute Ecole Arc, HES-SO, Neuchatel
  • Janet Schramm, Conservation Department, Swiss National Museum
  • Dr Tiziana Lombardo, Conservation Research, Swiss National Museum
  • Dr Katharina Schmidt-Ott, Conservation Research, Swiss National Museum

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info Dr. Katharina Schmidt-Ott

Head of Conservation Research, Deputy Head of the Collection Centre

Conservation Research +41 44 762 13 73 Katharina.Schmidt-Ott@nationalmuseum.ch