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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
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
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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openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long
openinghours.days.long.monday closed
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
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
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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Welche Arbeiten haben die Kinder gemacht? Gingen sie daneben zur Schule? Hatten die Kinder auch Zeit zum Spielen? Gemeinsam mit Maus Jacky reisen Kinder und ihre Begleitpersonen rund 200 Jahre in der Zeit zurück und begegnen Kindern von damals bei der Arbeit.
Für Kinder ab 5 Jahren.
Dauer: 60 Minuten
Die Kinder werden von ihren Eltern oder einer anderen Bezugsperson während der ganzen Veranstaltung begleitet. Bitte melden Sie daher alle Teilnehmenden (Kinder und Erwachsene) an.
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.