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Special opening times

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

  • Swiss Federal Fast 21.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 22.09.2025 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2025 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 31.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2026 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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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

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

  • Swiss Federal Fast 21.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 22.09.2025 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2025 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 31.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2026 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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Latest blog posts

The carpet dealer from Winterthur

Dominik Landwehr

5. June 2025

Johann Philipp Ziegler was a merchant from Winterthur. In the late 19th century, his company was the biggest exporter of Oriental carpets from what is now Iran.

Blick in die Niederlassung der Firma Ziegler in Sultanabad, 188oer-Jahre.

The prince who took a short cut

Michael van Orsouw

3. June 2025

Prince Philip, the Queen’s consort and father of the current British monarch, visited Switzerland many times ‒ far more often than his wife. On one such occasion, he took part in the 1981 European Four-in-Hand Carriage Driving Championship held in Zug, where his actions placed the jury in a delicate situation.

Prinz Philip auf dem Kutscherbock: mehr ein Gentleman als ein Sportler. Aufnahme von der Eröffnung der Vierspänner-Weltmeisterschaften in den Niederlanden im August 1982.

Swiss on the Final Voyage of the Empress of Ireland

James Blake Wiener

29. May 2025

On May 29, 1914, the RMS Empress of Ireland met a tragic fate in the freezing waters of Canada’s St. Lawrence River. A heavy fog obscured visibility, leading to a catastrophic collision with the Norwegian collier Storstad. The disaster claimed 1,012 lives. Among those aboard were four Swiss citizens en route to Liverpool from Quebec City.

Illustration der Kollision aus dem Christian Herald vom 11. Juni 1914. Mit KI erweitert.
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