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10:00 - 17:00

Opening times

Museum

  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday closed

Special opening times

  • All Saints´ Day 01.11.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2026 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2026 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2026 closed

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2026 10:00 - 14:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2027 closed

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Epiphany 06.01.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Thursday 04.02.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Monday 08.02.2027 closed

  • Shrove Tuesday 09.02.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Joseph 19.03.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Good Friday 26.03.2027 closed

  • Easter 28.03.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 29.03.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 01.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension Day 06.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Mother´s Day 09.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 16.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 17.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Corpus Christi 27.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2027 10:00 - 17:00

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Today

10:00 - 17:00

Opening times

Museum

  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday closed

Special opening times

  • All Saints´ Day 01.11.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2026 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2026 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2026 closed

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2026 10:00 - 14:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2027 closed

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Epiphany 06.01.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Thursday 04.02.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Monday 08.02.2027 closed

  • Shrove Tuesday 09.02.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Joseph 19.03.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Good Friday 26.03.2027 closed

  • Easter 28.03.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 29.03.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 01.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension Day 06.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Mother´s Day 09.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 16.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 17.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Corpus Christi 27.05.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2027 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2027 10:00 - 17:00

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Notice: The museum remains open and easily accessible. The Hofmatt car park remains accessible, and the Schwyz, Zentrum bus stop continues to be served as usual. Due to the construction work, a temporary signposted diversion is in place for pedestrians travelling to the museum.

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Current blog posts

The ETH wind tunnel: small models, major discoveries

Roberta Spano und Dorothe Zimmermann

15. September 2026

From airplanes to wings and skyscrapers: historic scientific discoveries were made in the wind and supersonic tunnels of ETH Zurich during the 1930s. Models used for teaching and research in the two tunnels serve as reminders of a pioneering spirit, military requirements and unrealised dreams.

Napoleon and his memorable alpine crossing

Barbara Basting

10. September 2026

The Great St Bernard Pass has always been known as a major alpine crossing point. Napoleon Bonaparte made skilful use of it for propaganda purposes.

Liess seine Alpenüberquerung verewigen: Napoleon Bonaparte.

An improvised train stop for Churchill

Thomas Krebs

8. September 2026

In September 1946, a temporary train station was set up in Köniz for the British wartime prime minister’s visit to Bern.

Der Besuch von Winston Churchill im Herbst 1946 hielt die Schweiz auf Trab.
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