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Su, 6/5/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Whitsun
Mo, 6/6/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Whit Monday
Mo, 8/1/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Swiss National Day
Su, 9/18/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
Mo, 9/19/2022 closed, Monday of the Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
Sa, 12/24/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Christmas Eve
Su, 12/25/2022 closed, Christmas
Mo, 12/26/2022 10:00 - 17:00, St. Stephen´s Day
Sa, 12/31/2022 10:00 - 17:00, New Year's Eve
Su, 1/1/2023 closed, New Year's Day
Mo, 1/2/2023 10:00 - 17:00, Saint Berchtold
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Today at the Château de PranginsMo closed
Tu – Su 10:00 - 17:00
Mo closed
Tu – Su 09:30 - 17:30
Su, 6/5/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Whitsun
Mo, 6/6/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Whit Monday
Mo, 8/1/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Swiss National Day
Su, 9/18/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
Mo, 9/19/2022 closed, Monday of the Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer
Sa, 12/24/2022 10:00 - 17:00, Christmas Eve
Su, 12/25/2022 closed, Christmas
Mo, 12/26/2022 10:00 - 17:00, St. Stephen´s Day
Sa, 12/31/2022 10:00 - 17:00, New Year's Eve
Su, 1/1/2023 closed, New Year's Day
Mo, 1/2/2023 10:00 - 17:00, Saint Berchtold
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Prangins, a few minutes away from Nyon, rises to the challenge of being a living place, rooted in history.
You will fall in love with its site overlooking Lake Geneva, with:
- Its château dating from 1730, superbly renovated with its French park and its old-style kitchen garden.
- Its museum with a range of permanent exhibitions telling the story of life in Switzerland in the 18th and 19th centuries and addressing artistic, cultural and social issues.
The organisation, duties and responsibilities of the Swiss National Museum are regulated by the Federal law on the museums and collections of the Swiss Confederation (Bundesgesetz über die Museen und Sammlungen des Bundes, MSG) of 12 June 2009. Since its entry into force on 1 January 2010, the SNM, comprising the National Museum Zurich, the Château de Prangins, the Forum of Swiss History Schwyz and the Affoltern am Albis Collections Centre, has been a public-law institution with its own legal identity, which organises itself and maintains its own accounts.
Under the MSG, the SNM is subject to supervision by the Federal Council, which exercises its oversight function in particular by electing and discharging the Museum Council and approving the annual report. The Federal Council sets out the strategic objectives of the SNM, usually for four years; the achievement of these objectives is reviewed annually.
Pursuant to the Museums Act (Museumsgesetz), the organs of the SNM are the Museum Council, the Management Board and the auditors. The funding of the SNM is determined by Parliament every four years in the government’s cultural policy statement (Kulturbotschaft), most recently at the end of 2020 for the period 2021-2024.
Under the Federal law on the museums and collections of the Swiss Confederation, the Museum Council ensures the implementation of the strategic objectives set by the Federal Council and reports on their achievement.
André Holenstein (Member, Professor at the University of Bern), Sonia Abun-Nasr (Member, Director of University Library Bern), Stefano Stoll (Member, Director of Festival Images and exhibition curator), Marie-France Meylan Krause (Member, archeologist), Tim Guldimann (President, political scientist, diplomat and politician), Fulvio Pelli* (Member, lawyer and notary public), Sandrine Giroud* (Vice-President, lawyer), Larissa Bieler* (Member, Director and Editor-in-Chief, SWI swissinfo.ch, SRG SSR, Berne and Executive Board member SRG SSR, Berne).
*Members of the Finance Committee
Pursuant to the Museums Act, and subject to approval by the Federal Council, the Museum Council appoints the Director of the Swiss National Museum and, on request by the Director, the other members of the Management Board. The Director presides over the Management Board, is responsible for the operational management of the Swiss National Museum, recruits staff and represents the institution externally.
Helen Bieri Thomson (Director, Château de Prangins), Dr Heidi Amrein (Chief Curator), Noemi Albert (Assistant to the Director), Denise Tonella (Director), Beat Högger (Head of Museum Operations), Barbara Meglen (Assistant to the Director), Markus Leuthard (Deputy Director, Head of the Collections Centre)
* Member of the Management Board
** Member of the extended Management Board
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