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openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long
openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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Swiss National Holiday 01.08.2024 10:00 - 17:00
Assumption Day 15.08.2024 10:00 - 17:00
All Saints´ Day 01.11.2024 10:00 - 17:00
Saint Martin 11.11.2024 closed
Immaculate Conception 08.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00
Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00
Christmas 25.12.2024 closed
St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00
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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Collection Ceramics & glass

Ceramic vessels and figurines

The collection includes medieval ceramic vessels as well as objects made and used in Switzerland between the 18th century and the present, such as vessels, crockery, figures, sculptures and reliefs. There is a focus on figures manufactured by the Zurich Porcelain Factory.

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christian Hörack

Curator, Precious Metals, Ceramics

National Museum Zurich

Cultural History 3 +41 44 218 66 64 christian.hoerack@nationalmuseum.ch

Glass

The Glass collection comprises mainly glass containers, drinking glasses, bottles and tableware, and some unique glass objects, dating from the Late Middle Ages to the present day. A major focus of collecting activities is the expansion of the collection to include more glassware from the 20th and 21st centuries.

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi

Curator, Hallwil Collection, Manuscripts, Glass, Mediaeval Ceramics, Murals, Editor of ZAK

National Museum Zurich

Cultural History 3 +41 44 218 65 46 christine.keller@nationalmuseum.ch

Stove ceramics

Reference collection for stove ceramics produced in Switzerland. Of particular interest are the stoves that are preserved in their entirety. Highlights are the medieval Swiss stove ceramics, the Winterthur stove ceramics dating from the 16th/17th century, and the 18th-century Zurich stove ceramics.

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi

Curator, Hallwil Collection, Manuscripts, Glass, Mediaeval Ceramics, Murals, Editor of ZAK

National Museum Zurich

Cultural History 3 +41 44 218 65 46 christine.keller@nationalmuseum.ch

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christian Hörack

Curator, Precious Metals, Ceramics

National Museum Zurich

Cultural History 3 +41 44 218 66 64 christian.hoerack@nationalmuseum.ch

Architectural ceramics

Unique collection of bricks decorated with reliefs, from the brickworks of the St Urban Cistercian monastery and other monasteries. Reference collection for medieval Europe.

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi

Curator, Hallwil Collection, Manuscripts, Glass, Mediaeval Ceramics, Murals, Editor of ZAK

National Museum Zurich

Cultural History 3 +41 44 218 65 46 christine.keller@nationalmuseum.ch

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Collection Ceramics & glass

Ceramic vessels and figurines

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christian Hörack

Glass

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi

Stove ceramics

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christian Hörack

Architectural ceramics

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Collection Ceramics & glass

Ceramic vessels and figurines

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christian Hörack

Glass

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi

Stove ceramics

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christian Hörack

Architectural ceramics

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info PhD Christine Keller Lüthi