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  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

Café du Château

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  • Tuesday till Sunday 09:30 - 17:30

Special opening times

  • Good Friday 03.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Sunday 05.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 06.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Eve 01.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension 14.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 24.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 25.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Day 01.08.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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Today

10:00 - 17:00

Opening times

Museum

  • Monday closed

  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

Café du Château

  • Monday closed

  • Tuesday till Sunday 09:30 - 17:30

Special opening times

  • Good Friday 03.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Sunday 05.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 06.04.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Eve 01.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension 14.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 24.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 25.05.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Day 01.08.2026 10:00 - 17:00

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‘Outsider art’ is now an established term in the field of art history. In the early 20th century, works by people who stood outside established social and artistic conventions began to gain recognition. A patron of this art was Bernese psychiatrist Walter Morgenthaler.

Ausschnitt aus «Irren=Anstalt Band=Hain», 1910, Bleistift und Farbstift auf Zeitungspapier.

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Back in 1920, a pair of fine leather gloves bearing the Wiessner label was a must-have fashion accessory for distinguished ladies and noble gentlemen in cities across Switzerland. The family business achieved great fame throughout the country – until luxury gloves went out of fashion.

Damenhandschuhe aus Ziegenleder aus dem Hause Wiessner mit Perlmuttknöpfen, vor 1900.

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In the 1950s, the Swiss dreamed of having their own nuclear power plant and built a test facility in Lucens in the canton of Vaud. It proved an ill-fated project: just after becoming operational in January 1969 a fuel rod melted and exploded, bringing Switzerland to within a hair’s breadth of a disastrous outcome.

Bereits kurz nach dem Unfall konnten Fachleute in Schutzanzügen den Schaden für kurze Zeit begutachten.
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