10:00 – 17:00
Today at the Forum of Swiss History SchwyzTu – Su 10:00 – 17:00
Mo closed
Mo 12/23/2019 10:00 – 17:00
Tu 12/24/2019 10:00 – 14:00 Christmas Eve
We 12/25/2019 closed Christmas
Th 12/26/2019 10:00 – 17:00 St. Stephen´s Day
Mo 12/30/2019 10:00 – 17:00
Tu 12/31/2019 10:00 – 14:00 New Year´s Eve
We 1/1/2020 closed New Year´s Day
Th 1/2/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Saint Berchtold
Mo 1/6/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Epiphany
Th 2/20/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Carnival Thursday
Mo 2/24/2020 closed Carnival Monday
Tu 2/25/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Shrove Tuesday
We 2/26/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Ash Wednesday
Th 3/19/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Saint Joseph
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Today at the Forum of Swiss History SchwyzTu – Su 10:00 – 17:00
Mo closed
Mo 12/23/2019 10:00 – 17:00
Tu 12/24/2019 10:00 – 14:00 Christmas Eve
We 12/25/2019 closed Christmas
Th 12/26/2019 10:00 – 17:00 St. Stephen´s Day
Mo 12/30/2019 10:00 – 17:00
Tu 12/31/2019 10:00 – 14:00 New Year´s Eve
We 1/1/2020 closed New Year´s Day
Th 1/2/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Saint Berchtold
Mo 1/6/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Epiphany
Th 2/20/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Carnival Thursday
Mo 2/24/2020 closed Carnival Monday
Tu 2/25/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Shrove Tuesday
We 2/26/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Ash Wednesday
Th 3/19/2020 10:00 – 17:00 Saint Joseph
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Luca Thanei
3. December 2019
On 3 December 1959, PTT replaced Switzerland’s last manual telephone exchange with a fully automated switching system. This major feat of engineering also signalled the end of the switchboard girl, or ‘Fräulein vom Amt’, as the telephone operators were known.
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Andrej Abplanalp
28. November 2019
Over the years, Christmas has increasingly become a secular family celebration. These days, symbols and customs are combined. But that hasn’t always been the case.
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Aaron Estermann
20. November 2019
There was a time before mobile phones, a time when press photographers were the eyes of an entire nation. Many of the images they captured are now forgotten. For example, Federal Councillor Rudolf Minger’s appearance at Bern’s Reithalle riding arena in November 1940.
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