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  • Thursday 10:00 - 19:00

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  • Monday closed

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  • Thursday 10:00 - 19:00

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Special opening times

  • Knabenschiessen Today closed

  • Family Day 19.10.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 22.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 23.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 27.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • 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

closed

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

Library

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

  • Thursday 10:00 - 19:00

  • Saturday till Monday closed

Special opening times

  • Knabenschiessen Today closed

  • Family Day 19.10.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 22.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 23.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 27.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • 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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Guided Tour

Grönland 1912

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Allgemeiner Rundgang durch die Ausstellung «Grönland 1912».
 

Landesmuseum Zürich

Museumstrasse 2
8021 Zürich

This event is in the past.

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+41 44 218 66 00 reservationen@nationalmuseum.ch

The exhibition

Greenland map, The Royal Danish Library, 1906.

In 1912, Alfred de Quervain trekked across Greenland. The data collected by the Swiss explorer on the seven-week expedition are still of great value for science today. The exhibition examines de Quervain’s pioneering feat in the eternal ice, and links it with the present. Switzerland still carries out glacier research in Greenland, making a significant contribution to one of the most crucial issues of our time: global warming.

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