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  • Thursday 10:00 - 19:00

  • Friday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday closed

  • Tuesday till Wednesday and Friday 10:00 - 18:00

  • Thursday 10:00 - 19:00

  • Saturday till Monday closed

Special opening times

  • Good Friday 03.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Kars Saturday 04.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter 05.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 06.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Sechseläuten 20.04.2026 closed

  • Labour Day 01.05.2026 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

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

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Today

10:00 - 17:00

Opening times

Museum, boutique and bistro

  • Tuesday till Wednesday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Thursday 10:00 - 19:00

  • Friday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday closed

  • Tuesday till Wednesday and Friday 10:00 - 18:00

  • Thursday 10:00 - 19:00

  • Saturday till Monday closed

Special opening times

  • Good Friday 03.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Kars Saturday 04.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter 05.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 06.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Sechseläuten 20.04.2026 closed

  • Labour Day 01.05.2026 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

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

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Inventing Saxon Switzerland

Barbara Basting

6. January 2026

The mountain peaks and cliff tops of Saxony reminded Swiss artist Adrian Zingg of his homeland. He captured them in his drawings, thus helping them on their way to fame, and coined the name by which the region is still known today: Saxon Switzerland.

Druckgrafik von Adrian Zingg aus dem Jahr 1770. Die sächsische Landschaft könnte auch in der Schweiz liegen.

Remembering the Second World War – but how?

Thomas Bürgisser

1. January 2026

In 1995, Switzerland commemorated the end of the war in 1945, and the Federal Council issued an official apology for the country’s refugee policy during that period. At the time, nobody could have anticipated that Switzerland’s role in the Second World War would feature so much in Swiss foreign policy for years to come.

Am 7. Mai 1995 sprach der damalige Bundespräsident Kaspar Villiger vor der Vereinigten Bundesversammlung. Er gedachte an das Kriegsende von 1945 und entschuldigte sich für die Schweizer Flüchtlingspolitik während des Zweiten Weltkrieges.

The dark history of Frutigen’s match factories

Hans Egli

30. December 2025

The production of matches using white phosphorus brought work to the impoverished area around Frutigen in the second half of the 19th century. The region subsequently evolved to become the centre of a match manufacturing industry characterised by child labour and hazardous working conditions. The worst effect was phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, a horrible disease that eroded the jaw bones.

Phosphorzündhölzchen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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