Today
10:00 - 17:00
10:00 - 17:00
openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long
openinghours.days.long.monday closed
Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00
Christmas 25.12.2024 closed
St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00
New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 closed
Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Epiphany 06.01.2025 closed
Carnival Thursday 27.02.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Carnival Monday 03.03.2025 closed
Shrove Tuesday 04.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Saint Joseph 19.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Good Friday 18.04.2025 closed
Easter 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Labour Day 01.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Mother´s Day 11.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Ascension Day 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
accessibility.openinghours.special_opening_hours.link
Show all10:00 - 17:00
openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long
openinghours.days.long.monday closed
Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00
Christmas 25.12.2024 closed
St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00
New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00
New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 closed
Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Epiphany 06.01.2025 closed
Carnival Thursday 27.02.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Carnival Monday 03.03.2025 closed
Shrove Tuesday 04.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Saint Joseph 19.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Good Friday 18.04.2025 closed
Easter 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Labour Day 01.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Mother´s Day 11.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Ascension Day 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
accessibility.openinghours.special_opening_hours.link
Show allGuided tour
Allgemeiner Rundgang durch die Ausstellung «Arbeitende Kinder im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert» mit einer Kulturvermittlerin oder einem Kulturvermittler.
Zeughausstrasse 5
6430 Schwyz
Making hay, herding cattle, cutting peat, spooling and tatting – children have always supported their families in work, especially in farming. With the rise of industry, children were often exploited as cheap labour, above all in textile mills, and not least in Switzerland. They were forced to work long hours, took on dangerous or unhealthy tasks, and were often prevented from going go to school. Only after the introduction of compulsory schooling in 1874 and the adoption of the Federal Factory Law in 1877, education became a basic human right in Switzerland and children under the age of 14 were prohibited from working.
The exhibition shows many aspects of child labour in those early days and explains how children's rights were regulated in Switzerland. Special attention is given to the conditions in central Switzerland at that time.