Forum of Swiss History Schwyz - Forum of Swiss History Schwyz

Special opening times

We, 12/8/2021 10:00 - 17:00, Immaculate Conception

Fr, 12/24/2021 10:00 - 14:00, Christmas Eve

Sa, 12/25/2021 closed, Christmas

Su, 12/26/2021 10:00 - 17:00, St. Stephen´s Day

Fr, 12/31/2021 10:00 - 14:00, New Year´s Eve

Sa, 1/1/2022 closed, New Year´s Day

Su, 1/2/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Berchtoldstag

Th, 1/6/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Epiphany

Th, 2/24/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Carnival Thursday

Mo, 2/28/2022 closed, Carnival Monday

Tu, 3/1/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Shrove Tuesday

Sa, 3/19/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Saint Joseph

Fr, 4/15/2022 closed, Good Friday

Su, 4/17/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Easter

Mo, 4/18/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Easter Monday

Su, 5/1/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Labour Day

Su, 5/8/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Mother´s Day

Th, 5/26/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Ascension Day

Su, 6/5/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Whitsun

Mo, 6/6/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Whit Monday

Th, 6/16/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Corpus Christi

Mo, 8/1/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Swiss National Holiday

Mo, 8/15/2022 closed, Assumption Day

Tu, 11/1/2022 10:00 - 17:00, All Saints´ Day

Fr, 11/11/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Saint Martin

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We are delighted to be able to welcome you to the Forum of Swiss History Schwyz during our regular opening hours. At the moment, you can only be admitted to the exhibitions with a valid COVID certificate recognised in Switzerland. Children and young people up to the age of 16 are exempt.

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Games

13 November 2021 – 13 March 2022

Exhibition

Switzerland in the Making

Permanent exhibition

Calendar

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Current blog posts

Dominik Landwehr

3. December 2021

Birth of a legend

Since the 15th century, Saint Idda of Toggenburg has been venerated at Fischingen Abbey. Her legend was invented to make the monastery more attractive.

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Thomas Weibel

1. December 2021

Numbers in a can: the ‘Curta’ handheld calculator

‘A sturdy, high-performance assistant for all four types of calculation, right there in your pocket’, promised the sales brochure. The world’s smallest handheld mechanical calculator was made in Liechtenstein.

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Andrej Abplanalp

29. November 2021

The first Swiss franc

Francs or guilders? In the mid-19th century, this question divided Switzerland. In the end it was the franc, but further dispute erupted over the design of the new national currency.

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