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Opening times

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

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Special opening times

  • 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

  • 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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Virtual tour

Sagenhafter Alpenraum

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Woher stammen die Sagen? Wie werden sie gesammelt? Welche Motive sind besonders beliebt? Auf dem virtuellen Rundgang durch die Ausstellung «Sagenhafter Alpenraum» erhalten Sie einen Einblick in die Welt der Sagen aus dem Alpenraum.

Virtuelle Führung kostenlos. Der Zoom-Link wird Ihnen nach erfolgreicher Anmeldung per E-Mail zugeschickt.

Forum Schweizer Geschichte Schwyz
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Zeughausstrasse 5
6430 Schwyz

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+41 41 819 60 11 ForumSchwyz@nationalmuseum.ch

The exhibition

The alps in legend

Listening to them gives you the shivers.

Folk tales tell of extraordinary, supernatural, or miraculous incidents. They recount stories in which ghosts, witches, even the Devil himself feature, or they may deal with historical figures and events.

Traditional tales are known from all parts of the country, but central Switzerland is especially rich in them. The exhibition focuses on well-known legends such as the tales of William Tell, the miraculous “Devils Bridge”, the fateful “Black Spider”, the fiery “Pilatus Dragon”, the enchanted “Blüemlisalp”, the vengeful “Sennentuntschi”, and the spooky “Toggeli”.

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