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Today at the Forum of Swiss History Schwyz10:00 - 17:00
accessibility.openinghours.today-in Forum of Swiss History Schwyz
Today at the Forum of Swiss History Schwyzopeninghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long
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New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00
New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 closed
Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Epiphany 06.01.2025 closed
Carnival Thursday 27.02.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Carnival Monday 03.03.2025 closed
Shrove Tuesday 04.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Saint Joseph 19.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Good Friday 18.04.2025 closed
Easter 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Labour Day 01.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Mother´s Day 11.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Ascension Day 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
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accessibility.openinghours.today-in Forum of Swiss History Schwyz
Today at the Forum of Swiss History Schwyzopeninghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long
openinghours.days.long.monday closed
New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00
New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 closed
Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Epiphany 06.01.2025 closed
Carnival Thursday 27.02.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Carnival Monday 03.03.2025 closed
Shrove Tuesday 04.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Saint Joseph 19.03.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Good Friday 18.04.2025 closed
Easter 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Labour Day 01.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Mother´s Day 11.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Ascension Day 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00
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Allgemeiner Rundgang durch die Ausstellung «Das zweite Leben der Dinge» mit einer Kulturvermittlerin oder einem Kulturvermittler.
Our throw-away and consumerist society is a recent phenomenon in the history of humanity. The way people handled materials and objects used to be driven by scarcity and shortages. Up until the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, it was normal to hand down clothes, repair tools, reuse building materials, melt down bronze objects to make new ones, and recycle glass containers. Whether they were made from fabric, metal, stone or glass – it was possible for all manner of things to have a second, third, or even infinite life. The exhibition takes a look at the methods of the circular economy past and present. Objects from the Stone Age to the present day show how their history can raise awareness of the value of things.