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Opening times

Museum

  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday closed

Special opening times

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

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 closed

  • 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

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2026 closed

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Epiphany 06.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Thursday 12.02.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Monday 16.02.2026 closed

  • Shrove Tuesday 17.02.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Joseph 19.03.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Good Friday 03.04.2026 closed

  • Easter 05.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 06.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 01.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Mother´s Day 10.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension Day 14.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 24.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 25.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Corpus Christi 04.06.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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Opening times

Museum

  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday closed

Special opening times

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

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 closed

  • 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

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2026 closed

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Epiphany 06.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Thursday 12.02.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Carnival Monday 16.02.2026 closed

  • Shrove Tuesday 17.02.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Joseph 19.03.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Good Friday 03.04.2026 closed

  • Easter 05.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 06.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 01.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Mother´s Day 10.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension Day 14.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 24.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 25.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Corpus Christi 04.06.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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Switzerland in the Making - Overview tour

Lebensgrosser Ritter mit Lanze auf Pferd

A knight on horseback welcomes the pupils on the top floor. Important topics on this floor are: the he relationship between king, church, aristocracy and the spread of literacy and the growth of universities. The second floor takes the pupils to the Alpine region: he growth of mobility and trade in the alpine region during the middle age. Finally, on the ground floor, the focus is on Central Switzerland: here, the Landsgemeinde in the middle of a forest conveys how various alliances and feuds led to the formation of the Swiss Confederation.

The overview tour is adapted to the respective school level (Age: from 8 - 19 years).

Duration: 60 min.

For guided tours and indipendents visits for school groups, please contact us 14 days in advance.

Entrance and guided tours are free of charges for Swiss school classes.
 

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