Swiss National Museum

The Swiss National Museum features adaptable display spaces and is regarded as one of the most outstanding 19th-century structures of national significance. The museum, which opened in 1898, was additionally embellished with new works of art, such as the DVSAVHELDS by Winterthur-based artist Mario Sala, who blended stratified stone strata and rocks to depict the museum's stone façades. Some of its permanent exhibitions include the "Ideas of Switzerland", "Simply Zurich", and "A magic carpet trip through history". They also include changing temporary exhibitions on a quarterly basis.

The museum tour takes visitors from prehistory to ancient periods, the Middle Ages, and the twentieth century (classic modern art and art of the 16th, 17th and 18th century is settled mainly in the Kunsthaus Museum in a different part of the city of Zurich). A particularly rich portion contains gothic art, chivalry, and a large collection of liturgical wooden sculptures, panel paintings, and carved altars. The Swiss National Museum's porcelain and faience collection is housed at Zunfthaus zur Meisen, near Fraumünster church. There is also a Collections Gallery, which displays Swiss furniture, an Armoury Tower, a model of the Battle of Murten, and a Coin Cabinet, which displays 14th, 15th, and 16th century Swiss coins, as well as other coins from the Middle Ages.

Location: Museumstrasse 2, 8001 Zürich