National Museum Zurich

Exhibition | 05.03. - 18.07.2021

Women.Rights | From the Enlightenment to the present
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For decades, Swiss women did not have the same civil and political rights as men. The road to the introduction of women’s suffrage in 1971, and the adoption of a constitutional article on gender equality in 1981, was rocky and highly controversy. Ever since the Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1789 proclaimed ‘free men’ to be politically emancipated, women have been fighting for equality. And the issue is still debated by women and men today. Fifty years after the introduction of women’s suffrage in Switzerland, the exhibition at the National Museum Zurich turns the spotlight on the struggle for women’s rights in this country – a struggle that has waxed and waned for more than 200 years. In addition to important objects on loan from Swiss institutions, the exhibition presents some outstanding exhibits from international collections.

Guided tours

Women.Rights

Guided tour for private groups

Guided tour of the exhibition "Women.Rights | From the Enlightenment to the present".

Tour: 1 hour

Guided tours can be arranged outside opening hours: Mon between 9.30 am and 6 pm, Tue to Fri between 9.30 am and 7.45 pm. Sat and Sun between 10 am and 5 pm

Registration:  

 2 weeks in advance

Duration:

  

60 minutes; special packages can be offered on request

Group size:

  

max. 15 participants per tour

Languages:

  

English, German, Italian, French. Other offers upon request.

Cost:


 

  

CHF 180 for the guided tour + CHF 8 admission per person

Children up to 16 years free.

Reservations desk

National Museum Zurich
+41 44 218 66 00 reservationen@nationalmuseum.ch
Mo – Fr 9:00 – 12:30

Schools

Women.Rights – Introductory tour

Intermediate level | secondary levels I and II

Guided tour of the exhibition ”Women.Rights | From the Enlightenment to the present”.

1 hour
Guided tours are free of charge for school classes from Switzerland.

Guided tours in English can be arranged, even outside opening hours. Guided tours are free of charge for school classes from Switzerland.

Booking:  

at least 2 weeks in advance

Duration:

  

1 hour guided tours, other services by prior arrangement

Group size:

  

max. 25 people

Cost:
 

  

Guided tours for school classes from Switzerland are free of charge.

Reservations desk

National Museum Zurich
+41 44 218 66 00 reservationen@nationalmuseum.ch
Mo – Fr 9:00 – 12:30

Activity map CH2021

Here you can see all events, projects, campaigns, etc. that are taking place in Switzerland as part of the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage.

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Blog articles

Katharina Hermann

7. December 2018

Women on strike!

One hundred years ago, a quarter of a million people downed tools in the general strike. What role did women play in the three-day strike of November 1918?

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Denise Tonella

15. July 2020

Around the world in ten years

Lina Bögli, or the transformation from peasant girl to globe-trotting writer. The story of a remarkable 19th-century woman.

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Andrej Abplanalp

14. June 2019

The women’s strike day of 1991

In 1991, Swiss women went on strike for the first time. They took to the streets to demonstrate for equal pay and equal job opportunities. 28 years later, the demands are still the same.

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Exhibition imprint

  • Overall management Andreas Spillmann
  • Project direction Denise Tonella
  • Curators Noëmi Crain Merz, Erika Hebeisen, Denise Tonella
  • Project coordinator Regula Moser
  • Scientific collaboration Manda Beck
  • Scientific consultancy Elisabeth Joris
  • Scenography arge gillmann schnegg: Ursula Gillmann, Sarah Glauser, Matthias Schnegg, Nela Weber
  • Exhibition Graphic Groenlandbasel Visuelle Gestaltung: Shenna Czorniczek, Noah Drilling, Sinja Steinhauser, Dorothea Weishaupt
  • Cultural services and museum education Stefanie Bittmann, Lisa Engi, Maria Iseli, Severin Marty
  • Marketing and communication Andrej Abplanalp, Anna-Britta Maag, Sebastiano Mereu, Carole Neuenschwander, Alex Rechsteiner
  • Technical management Debbie Sledsens, Viola Valsesia
  • Exhibition construction Janine auf der Maur, Kim Badertscher, Bachir Ezzerari, Ladina Fait, Marc Hägeli, Mike Roder, Dave Schwitter
  • Conservation management Françoise Michel
  • Conservation and montage of objects Nikkibarla Calonder, Natalie Ellwanger, Elisabeth Kleine, Anna Jurt, Iona Leroy, Sarah Longrée, Charlotte Maier, Véronique Mathieu, Jürg Mathys, Françoise Michel, Carolin Muschel, Gaby Petrak, Ulrike Rothenhäusler Tino Zagermann
  • Logistics of objects and montage of objects Christian Affentranger, David Blazquez, Simon D’Hollosy, Reto Hegetschweiler, Markus Scherer
  • Loans Maya Jucker, David von Arx, Angela Zeier
  • Advisory committee Heidi Amrein, Beat Högger, Markus Leuthard, Sabrina Médioni, Andreas Spillmann
  • Controlling of project Sabrina Médioni
  • Head of legal affairs and contracts Beatrice Käser, Jana Pfyl
  • Photography Jörg Brandt, Zvonimir Pisonic
  • Photo library Fabian Müller, Remo Sidler
  • Media installations Pasquale Pollastro, Torero Film, Tweaklab AG, René Vogel
  • IT | Web Thomas Bucher, Ulrich Heiniger, Pasquale Pollastro, Danilo Rüttimann, René Vogel
  • Special researches Aaron Estermann, Andrea Franzen, Joya Indermühle
  • Exhibition texts Manda Beck, Noëmi Crain Merz, Erika Hebeisen, Katharina Hermann, Pascale Meyer, Regula Moser, Denise Tonella
  • Translations Bill Gilonis, Marco Marcacci, Laurence Neuffer, Language Factory
  • Final editing Angela Benza, Ingrid Kunz, Laurence Neuffer, Rebecca Sanders

Items generously loaned by

  • Archives du Tribunal fédéral suisse, Lausanne
  • Associazione Archivi Riuniti delle Donne Ticino, Massagno
  • Basel historical museum
  • Bestattungs- und Friedhofamt Stadt Zürich
  • Bibliothèque de Genève
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
  • Burgerbibliothek of Bern
  • City of Zurich, Stadtarchiv
  • City of Zurich, Stadtkanzlei
  • City of Zurich, Stadtpolizei, Polizeimuseum
  • Dedra, Zurich
  • Dichter- und Stadtmuseum Liestal
  • ETH-Library, Zurich
  • Fondation du Musée cantonal des Beaux-arts de Lausanne
  • federal office for buildings and logistics, Berne
  • Galerie Ruf, Stansstad
  • Gosteli Foundation, Worblaufen
  • gta Archives / ETH Zürich
  • Gymnasium Leonhard, Erziehungsdepartement Basel-Stadt, Basel
  • Historische Gesellschaft Wädenswil
  • Kunstmuseum Bern / Gottfried Keller Foundation
  • Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
  • Kunstsammlung Stadt Biel
  • LSE Library: The British Library of Political and Economic Science, London
  • Mario- und Hélène Comensoli Stiftung, Zurich
  • Musée d’art et d’histoire Fribourg
  • Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
  • Museum of Communication, Berne
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Chur
  • Museumsspinnerei Neuthal
  • Pipilotti Rist
  • Plakatsammlung der Schule für Gestaltung Basel
  • Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich
  • Staatsarchiv des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Liestal
  • Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
  • Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, Berne
  • Swiss Federal Archives, Berne
  • Swiss National Library, Berne
  • The Syndics of Cambridge University Library
  • Tram-Museum, Zurich
  • Universitätsbibliothek Marburg
  • University of Basel, University Library
  • University of Zurich
  • University of Zurich, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM)
  • University of Zurich, Department of Psychology / Library
  • Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand (BMD), Paris
  • Zentralbibliothek Zürich
  • Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
  • Zentrum Lina Bögli, Herzogenbuchsee
     
  • Private property of Bice Curiger
  • Private collections