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  • 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

  • Corpus Christi 19.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

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

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 closed

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 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

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Museum

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Special opening times

  • 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

  • Corpus Christi 19.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Assumption Day 15.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

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

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 closed

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 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

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Collection

The Swiss National Museum holds a unique collection on the cultural history and the craftsmanship and artworks of Switzerland from its beginnings up to the present day. The Collection comprises more than 870,000 objects and is divided into 14 collection groups. The collections form the sources for and starting point of our research activities and exhibitions.

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Collection holdings

Archaeology

Finds from Switzerland, from the Palaeolithic Age to the early Middle Ages. Some of our finds are of international significance.

Silver and non ferrous metals

Sacral and secular goldwork objects from the 12th to the 21st century.
Druckgrafik mit Männer an einem Tisch, 1839

Graphic arts, photographs, illuminated manuscripts & facsimiles

Drawings, graphic reproductions, illuminations & manuscripts, facsimiles, historic photographs
Ofenkachel mit Darstellung eines Gastmahls in einer Zunft- oder Ratsstube des Kantons Zürich, um 1650

Ceramics & glass

Medieval ceramic vessels, along with vessels and dishes made and used in Switzerland, and figurines, sculptures and reliefs.

Carriages, sledges & wagons

Representative examples of various carriages, magnificent sledges from a number of different periods, and some typical agricultural wagons.
Altarflügel mit Mariae Verkündigung, um 1470

Painting & sculpture

Paintings with the emphasis on ecclesiastical and historical art, and works of portraiture. The world’s largest and most significant collection of stained glass.
Gruppe von Möbeln von verschiedenen Designern

Furniture & interiors

Every type of furniture that has been designed and/or produced in Switzerland. The largest public furniture collection in Switzerland.
Sitten, Bm. Matthäus Schiner (1499-1522). Doppeltaler 1501, sog. Messtaler, Silber, geprägt.

Numismatics & seals

Coins, medals, banknotes, securities, credit cards and coin-minting dies. The most important collection of seals in Switzerland, and one of the largest in Europe.
Brosche von Antoinette Riklin-Schelbert (1920 - 2015), 1994, Silber, gehämmert.

Jewellery & timepieces

Jewellery from the 18th-21st centuries, representative cross-section of clockmaking over the last 500 years.
Kinderkärmerladen um 1790

Special collections

Toys, musical instruments with a focus on military music, customs-related items, baking moulds, tin figures/casting moulds, and the Hallwil Collection.
Himmelsglobus von Jost Bürgi (1552 - 1632), 1594.

Technology & traditions

Objects from everyday life and items for crafts and trades, workshop equipment, computers, electrical devices and means of communication, measuring instruments.
Messgewand mit bunter, naturalistischer Stickerei und symmetrisch angeordnetem Blumen- und Vogelmuster mit Rocaillen, 1725 - 1750

Textiles & fashion

Fabrics, clothing and accessories, traditional costumes, church paraments, flags.
Schild mit Wappen des Ritters Arnold von Brienz, 1200 - 1220

Weaponry & uniforms

The most significant collection of weaponry in Switzerland, spanning the period from the High Middle Ages to the mid-20th century. Uniforms, headgear, equipment and insignia/decorations.
Mobiltelefon "NATELport" in Aluminiumkoffer, 1978

Witnesses to history

The collection charts the social, political, economic and cultural events that have shaped Switzerland from 1945 to the present day.