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

Special opening times

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  • Ascension Day 09.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whitsun 19.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whit Monday 20.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • International Museum Day 26.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 08.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed

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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

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

  • Labour Day 01.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Ascension Day 09.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whitsun 19.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Whit Monday 20.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • International Museum Day 26.05.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Long Night of the Museums 08.09.2024 openinghours.openfromto.long

  • Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed

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The press contact of the National Museum Zurich is happy to answer questions by journalists concerning exhibitions, images or interviews. 

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Current press releases

Key visual of the exhibition coveted. cared for. martyred. Bodies in the Middle Ages

coveted. cared for. martyred. Bodies in the Middle Ages

13.3.2024
Key visual of the exhibition Close-up. Making Swiss Film History

Close-up. Making Swiss Film history

10.1.2024

Experiences of Switzerland – Italianità

13.7.2023

Archive

Key visual of the exhibition Christmas & Cribs

Christmas & Cribs

15.11.2023
Keyvisual of the exhibition „Multilingual Switzerland” | © Swiss National Museum

Multilingual Switzerland

14.9.2023
Keyvisual of the exhibition wild and beautiful – fashion by Ursula Rodel | © ©Pierre Commoy

wild and beautiful – fashion by Ursula Rodel

14.7.2023
| © © Swiss National Museum

Red-haired Zora and the Black Brothers

7.6.2023
125 Jahre Landesmuseum | © © Swiss National Museum

The National Museum’s birthday: cause for celebration

2.6.2023
Key visual from the Swiss Press Photo 23 exhibition, Photo: Laurent Gilleron

Swiss Press Photo 23

3.5.2023
Key visual from the World Press Photo Exhibition 2023 | © Simone Tramonte

World Press Photo 2023

3.5.2023
Keyvisual of the exhibition „Happy you have rights day. 175 years of the Federal Constitution” | © Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

Happy you have rights day. 175 years of the Federal Constitution

15.3.2023

General press material

Here you will find images relating to the National Museum Zurich and its permanent exhibitions. Please note that the images may only be used in the context of media reporting and with copyright details quoted. Please send us a sample copy.

© Swiss National Museum

An ensemble of old and new: the Swiss National Museum in Zurich

© Swiss National Museum

The Landesmuseum from the air

The National Museum Zurich from the air.

© Swiss National Museum

© Swiss National Museum

The new extension overlooking the Platzspitz Park

© Swiss National Museum

© Swiss National Museum

Interior of the new extension

© Swiss National Museum

© Swiss National Museum

A view of the permanent exhibition "History of Switzerland"

© Swiss National Museum

© Swiss National Museum

A view of the permanent exhibition "Archaeology in Switzerland"

Swiss National Museum

Elegant stateroom from the Palazzo Pestalozzi, 1585 | © Swiss National Museum

A view of the permanent exhibition "Collection in the West Wing"

© Swiss National Museum

© Swiss National Museum

A view of the family exhibition "A Magic Carpet ride through history"

© Swiss National Museum

© Swiss National Museum

A view of the "Ideas of Switzerland" installation

© Swiss National Museum

© Swiss National Museum

The shop at the National Museum Zurich stocks 2000 items, most of them made in Switzerland.

© Swiss National Museum

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