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Opening times

Museum

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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

Café du Château

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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

Special opening times

  • Pentecost 19.05.2024 all day

  • Whit Monday 20.05.2024 all day

  • Swiss National Day 01.08.2024 all day

  • Swiss Federal Fast 15.09.2024 all day

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 16.09.2024 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 all day

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2024 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2024 all day

  • New Year's Eve 31.12.2024 all day

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2025 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2025 all day

  • Good Friday 18.04.2025 all day

  • Easter Sunday 20.04.2025 all day

  • Easter Monday 21.04.2025 all day

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Opening times

Museum

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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

Café du Château

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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

Special opening times

  • Pentecost 19.05.2024 all day

  • Whit Monday 20.05.2024 all day

  • Swiss National Day 01.08.2024 all day

  • Swiss Federal Fast 15.09.2024 all day

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 16.09.2024 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 all day

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2024 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2024 all day

  • New Year's Eve 31.12.2024 all day

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2025 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2025 all day

  • Good Friday 18.04.2025 all day

  • Easter Sunday 20.04.2025 all day

  • Easter Monday 21.04.2025 all day

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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

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

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

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