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  • Corpus Christi 19.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Museum Night 12.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
    18:00 - 23:59

  • All Saints´ Day 01.11.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 closed

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2025 closed

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

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Opening times

Museum

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Special opening times

  • Corpus Christi 19.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Museum Night 12.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
    18:00 - 23:59

  • All Saints´ Day 01.11.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 closed

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2025 closed

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

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The emperor who spoke Swiss-German

Michael van Orsouw

13. June 2025

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1808–1873) grew up in Salenstein in the canton of Thurgau, which is why he spoke the local Swiss German dialect. Although he was French, the people of Thurgau awarded him honorary citizenship. When Switzerland refused to expel him, it almost resulted in war with France.

Louis-Napoleon, der spätere Kaiser Napoleon III., wuchs im Thurgau auf und sprach daher fliessendes Schweizerdeutsch. Illustration von Marco Heer.

The royal philanderer

Michael van Orsouw

11. June 2025

Louis-Philippe (1773–1850), Duke of Orléans and the man who would eventually become King of the French, spent some time in Switzerland after fleeing the turmoil that followed the French Revolution. He lived in the cantons of Zurich, Zug, Aargau and Graubünden – and his story continues to inspire Swiss novelists to this day.

Der spätere König als Inkognito-Lehrer in Reichenau: Louis-Philippe zeigt auf den Globus.

The carpet dealer from Winterthur

Dominik Landwehr

5. June 2025

Johann Philipp Ziegler was a merchant from Winterthur. In the late 19th century, his company was the biggest exporter of Oriental carpets from what is now Iran.

Blick in die Niederlassung der Firma Ziegler in Sultanabad, 188oer-Jahre.
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