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Whit Monday 20.05.2024 all day
International Museum Day 26.05.2024 all day
Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2024 all day
Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2024 all day
Long Night of the Museums 08.09.2024 all day
Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed
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Show all10:00 - 17:00
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openinghours.days.long.saturday Open till openinghours.days.long.monday closed
Whitsun 19.05.2024 all day
Whit Monday 20.05.2024 all day
International Museum Day 26.05.2024 all day
Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2024 all day
Long Night of the Museums 07.09.2024 all day
Long Night of the Museums 08.09.2024 all day
Knabenschiessen 09.09.2024 closed
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Show allThe collection includes a wide range of objects from everyday life and items for crafts and trades. Workshop equipment is an important feature. Modern technologies are present in the collection in the form of objects such as computers, electrical devices and means of communication.
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The collection includes globes, surveying instruments (16th-20th century) and automated devices. Some of the objects, such as the famous 16th-century terrestrial and celestial globe from St Gallen, are part of Zurich Central Library’s permanent loan collection.
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