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Today

10:00 - 17:00

Opening times

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  • Monday closed

  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

Café du Château

  • Monday closed

  • Tuesday till Sunday 09:30 - 17:30

Special opening times

  • 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

  • Swiss Federal Fast 20.09.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 21.09.2026 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2026 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 31.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2027 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2027 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

  • 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

  • Swiss Federal Fast 20.09.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 21.09.2026 closed

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2026 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 31.12.2026 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2027 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2027 10:00 - 17:00

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Bettina Kurz

13. May 2026

Instances of kidney disease spiked in the Jura mountains during the 1960s. This was the legacy of the local watchmakers’ decades-long penchant for painkillers.

Uhrenarbeiterinnen und Uhrenarbeiter der A. Schild SA (Assa) verlassen nach Feierabend die Fabrik. Foto aus dem Jahr 1924.

Dammed: the major reservoir projects that never were

Helmut Stalder

7. May 2026

Eighty years ago, the residents of two Swiss mountain valleys managed to avert two huge reservoir projects. In Rheinwald, an early citizen movement took hold, while in the Urseren valley, it took a full-blown riot. It was the first time the people really stood up and reined in technology.

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A Swiss diplomat in Stalin’s jail

François Wisard

5. May 2026

Harald Feller was kidnapped by the Soviets in Budapest in 1945. While he languished in Stalin’s prisons for a year, Swiss authorities placed him under investigation. After his return, Feller was cleared of all charges. But nobody was interested anymore.

Harald Feller trat 1939 in den diplomatischen Dienst ein. 1943 wurde er nach Budapest versetzt und dort im Februar 1945 von den Sowjets entführt.
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