History

Ideas of Switzerland

Landesmuseum Zürich, Zurich

What binds a community together? Initially one might assume it is to do with having the same language, external enemies or economic interests. However, something generally precedes all that: common ideas that are passed down from generation to generation and that shape the development of the community. These ideas lend a distinctiveness to the collective and eventually form the foundation of a national identity.For the exhibition, we have selected works by four authors whose ideas contributed to creating the image of contemporary Switzerland: Henri Dunant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean Calvin and Petermann Etterlin.

Date

To  1/1/2030  
every Tu, We   10:00 - 17:00 h
every Th   10:00 - 19:00 h
every Fr to Su   10:00 - 17:00 h

01.01.2027: 10:00–17:00, 02.01.2027: 10:00–17:00, 03.04.2026: 10:00–17:00, 04.04.2026: 10:00–17:00, 05.04.2026: 10:00–17:00, 06.04.2026: 10:00–17:00, 20.04.2026: ganzer Tag geschlossen, 01.05.2026: 10:00–17:00, 14.05.2026: 10:00–17:00, 24.05.2026: 10:00–17:00, 25.05.2026: 10:00–17:00, 18.05.2025: 10:00–17:00, 01.08.2026: 10:00–17:00, 05.09.2026: 18:00–23:59, 06.09.2026: 00:00–02:00, 14.09.2026: ganzer Tag geschlossen, 18.10.2026: 10:00–17:00, 21.12.2026: ganzer Tag, 22.12.2026: ganzer Tag, 23.12.2026: ganzer Tag, 24.12.2026: 10:00–14:00, 25.12.2026: 10:00–17:00, 26.12.2026: 10:00–17:00, 27.12.2026: 10:00–17:00, 28.12.2026: 10:00–19:00, 29.12.2026: 10:00–17:00, 30.12.2026: 10:00–17:00, 31.12.2026: 10:00–17:00

Price

CHF 13.00 / 10.00
Children and young people up to 16 years: free admission

Address

Landesmuseum Zürich
Museumstrasse 2
8001 Zurich

Contact

Landesmuseum Zürich
Museumstrasse 2
8001 Zürich
info@nationalmuseum.ch
+41 44 218 65 11
+41 44 218 65 09

Category

  • History

Type of Exposition

  • Permanent exhibition

Access for disabled people

  • Completely wheelchair accessible

Webcode

farm.myswitzerland.com/9NpPf2