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  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Special opening times

  • St. Stephen´s Day Today 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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Opening times

Museum

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

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Special opening times

  • St. Stephen´s Day Today 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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Painting & sculpture collection

Painting

The collection includes paintings with an emphasis on ecclesiastical and historical art, and works of portraiture. The stained glass on display here constitutes the world’s largest and most important collection.

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info Dr. phil. Mylène Ruoss

Curator, Paintings, Stained Glass, Sculpture, Graphic Arts

National Museum Zurich
Cultural History 1 +41 44 218 65 44 mylene.ruoss@nationalmuseum.ch

Sculpture

The museum boasts a superb collection of medieval woodcarvings and altarpieces. The collection is representative of the extant examples of medieval sculpture from the territory of contemporary Switzerland, and is thus of international significance.

accessibility.sr-only.person_card_info Dr. phil. Mylène Ruoss

Curator, Paintings, Stained Glass, Sculpture, Graphic Arts

National Museum Zurich
Cultural History 1 +41 44 218 65 44 mylene.ruoss@nationalmuseum.ch

Wall paintings

The collection includes wall paintings and frescoes. Of particular interest are the Carolingian frescoes from Müstair, Romanesque frescoes from various types of buildings and wall paintings by Hans Erni. On display are the frescoes of Ferdinand Hodler in the National Museum Zurich’s hall of fame.

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