{"title": "Wars and us", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/switzerland"], "description": "\"Wars and us\" is a special exhibition at the Landesmuseum Zürich. It brings together a variety of perspectives, showing how, from the late Middle Ages to the present day, wars have influenced Switzerland's political structures, economic interests and social order. From identity-building myths like the Rütli Oath to internal conflicts like the Peasant War of 1653 and the Sonderbund War of 1847, and the latent threat of the Second World War, the exhibition looks at warfare's lasting impact on how Switzerland sees itself. Objects, video installations and documents invite visitors to question popular ideas of Switzerland's relationship with war.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wars-and-us-59623/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Wir und der Krieg", "start": "2026-04-17T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/switzerland"], "description": "\"Wir und der Krieg\" is an exhibition at the Landesmuseum Zürich. From different perspectives, it shows how wars from the late Middle Ages to today have influenced political structures, economic interests and social orders in Switzerland, as war is a formative element of Swiss history. Behind the exhibition stands the Landesmuseum Zürich, which, under the roof of the Swiss National Museum, presents Swiss history from its beginnings to the present day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wir-und-der-krieg-69478/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b23b9aea516969b6679f7a51566d0d2ab7997ac94a3f40e2f5ff163b79503e32-600.webp"}, {"title": "History of Switzerland", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "CHF 13.00 / 10.00; Children and young people up to 16 years: free admission", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "13.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/switzerland"], "description": "The 'History of Switzerland' exhibition depicts on 1,000 square metres how Switzerland came to be over a period of 550 years. It begins in the late Middle Ages and ends with the challenges facing democratic institutions today. The show at the Landesmuseum Zürich illustrates the journey from a confederation of states to a federal state as a struggle for identity. It also dares to examine contemporary history, which is often considered taboo for historical museums.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/history-of-switzerland-59662/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/848190559f6a30ca4fdf26986119577f34b0fd8693147b4bb808ca6c2305ce97-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Switzerland, the land of banks", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/switzerland"], "description": "\"Switzerland – the land of banks\" is a special exhibition at the Landesmuseum Zürich. It shows how deeply banking is entrenched in Switzerland, from Jewish moneylenders and Lombardy merchants to savings banks, cantonal banks and the banking secrecy laws of the 20th century. It also addresses crises in the sector and invites visitors to engage with today's land of banks. Interactive media stations, surveys and options for children make it suitable for all ages.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/switzerland-the-land-of-banks-59621/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92dad56fc2826f847e7b4deec496f6c1c974d5e3dcad8b92b3b6ea8c1f734cd8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bankenland Schweiz", "start": "2026-06-12T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/switzerland"], "description": "'Bankenland Schweiz' is an exhibition at the Landesmuseum Zürich about the history of Swiss banking. Using impressive objects, it shows how deeply money, credit and trust are rooted in Swiss identity – from Jewish moneylenders and Lombard merchants via savings banks, cantonal banks and big banks to banking secrecy and Switzerland's rise to a financial hub of world standing. Crises such as bankruptcies, international criticism and spectacular takeovers are also examined. Interactive media stations, surveys and playful elements for children invite visitors to engage with today's banking country.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/bankenland-schweiz-69479/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b39b15de5b2ba2a8bb0856ee0d40c92c7f26a46a86c4994ad740655451c95617-600.webp"}, {"title": "Ideas of Switzerland", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "CHF 13.00 / 10.00; children and young people up to 16 years free", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "13.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/switzerland"], "description": "«Ideas of Switzerland» is a permanent exhibition at the Landesmuseum Zürich. It asks what binds a community together and presents works by four authors whose ideas shaped the image of contemporary Switzerland: Henri Dunant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean Calvin and Petermann Etterlin. The exhibition is completely wheelchair accessible and runs until 1 January 2030, from Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 17:00.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/ideas-of-switzerland-59658/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e4c4b345bc83106cb65d89559fa174f556ebf3f8590386aa97a096093dea61ef-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The collection", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "CHF 13.00 / 10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "13.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/crafts"], "description": "The collection is a permanent exhibition at the National Museum Zurich, presenting the Swiss National Museum's collections in the renovated historical west wing since October 2019. Across two floors and around 2,000 m², more than 7,000 exhibits showcase Swiss artistry and craftsmanship spanning roughly 1,000 years. Highlights include the 11th-century sacred palm donkey, the St. Gallen Globe, one of the largest surviving 16th-century globes, the Alice and Louis Koch ring collection, and recently restored period rooms from all over Switzerland. The objects and rooms are part of Switzerland's cultural and historical heritage, displaying the country's cultural diversity and history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/the-collection-59663/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8fc7129a9b1996449cfe0b368da401612dda6eb5b911dbfde75ef92c2349abf2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Simply Zurich", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "Free entrance. (Get your free ticket at the Welcome Desk of the museum.)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history/zurich"], "description": "Simply Zurich is a permanent exhibition at the National Museum in Zurich. It presents the long and chequered history of the city and canton of Zurich through some 60 historical objects. From a pile-dwelling settlement to the muesli grater and the handbook for squatters, the exhibition explores Zurich's rich past. Cinematic installations and state-of-the-art technology add a multimedia dimension.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/simply-zurich-59660/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Addressing War? On artistic engagement with conflict and violence", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "Free of charge; advance registration required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/war", "art"], "description": "A symposium at the Landesmuseum Zürich on artistic engagement with war, conflict and violence. It is a collaboration between the Swiss National Museum and the research project «Ästhetisierung von Kriegsgewalt» at the Bern University of the Arts. The centrepiece is the panel discussion «The Making of War Images» with Kateryna Botanova, Joyce Mutiso and Rabih Mroué, moderated by Darija Davidovic. The evening closes with Diana Rojas-Feile's multimedia performance «Corazón Rudo» on the aftermath of Colombia's decades-long armed conflict.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/addressing-war-on-artistic-engagement-with-conflict-and-viol-73770/", "official_url": "https://www.landesmuseum.ch/de/veranstaltung/adressing-war-on-artistic-engagement-with-conflict-and-violence-49210", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a8a5f72d37849a55b49f024a32e6545b22cf45501b30c7ad6b86e5fdc36decff-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Graphics", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design/graphic-design/poster"], "description": "\"Graphics\" is a special exhibition on visual communication at the Landesmuseum Zürich. It presents selected examples from the Swiss National Museum's extensive graphic art collection, illustrating the power of visual language. The first part uses historical posters and objects to show how graphic design evokes desire, conveys stereotypes and shapes cultural identities. The second part offers a hands-on insight into the design process, with interactive stations inviting visitors to try it themselves.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/graphics-59617/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed907898a4fdd5cce3a0918d2ca6ab54a1ca1d5bd370816a1965821d9fb2f722-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Krisen, Konflikte, Kontroversen", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Haus Dubs, Malzstrasse 19, 8045 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "A guided tour of the exhibition \"Krisen, Konflikte, Kontroversen\" at Haus Dubs. The exhibition presents some 50 works from the Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich, curated by master's students under the direction of Prof. Dr. Bärbel Küster at the University of Zurich's art history institute. It explores how art engages with, makes visible and rethinks the crises, conflicts and controversies of its time. The tour invites visitors to explore the works and their stories together.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/krisen-konflikte-kontroversen-33337/", "official_url": "https://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/chairs/moderne/events/-Ausstellung-%C2%ABKrisen%2C-Konflikte%2C-Kontroversen%C2%BB-mit-Studierenden-des-KHIST.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d9730214a75663ccccc421e6cf911f15131526a48ab0690849b6cea46f36e7ab-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Addressing War? Listening: Voices, Silence, and War", "start": "2026-11-05T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "The event is free of charge, but reservations are required.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/war"], "description": "A workshop on listening attentively to testimonies of war at the Landesmuseum Zürich. It is inspired by the art and research project \"There Is No Minimum Age for War\", developed with people recruited as minors by armed groups in Colombia. Participants listen to stories and experiment with voice, sound, breath, rhythm and silence. The workshop is open to anyone interested, no prior knowledge required, and is held in German and English.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/addressing-war-listening-voices-silence-and-war-73764/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Dauerausstellung Finanzmuseum", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schweizer Finanzmuseum", "address": "", "price": "Erwachsene: CHF 10,- Jugendliche bis 18 Jahre: CHF 8.- Kinder (bis 12 Jahre): Eintritt frei", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/economic-history"], "description": "The permanent exhibition at the Schweizer Finanzmuseum traces the development of the modern financial world from the 16th to the 21st century. Its economic-historical highlights come from one of the largest and most significant collections of securities worldwide. Using interactive video sequences, historical film footage, interviews and touchscreen animations, visitors can playfully discover answers to questions about stock trading, the first Swiss ATM or an IPO.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/dauerausstellung-finanzmuseum-59643/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/93f9291a721fe39f6cf1754c5e740bc498a568bc7a282a184b19b26a011d3268-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Öffentliche Führung Zivilschutz-Museum", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Zivilschutz-Museum, Habsburgstrasse 14, 8037 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A public guided tour of the Zivilschutz-Museum in the historic Bunker Landenberg. The tour is run by the City of Zurich; it lasts around two hours, is conducted in German and deals with the subject of civil protection. Registration is required as visitor numbers are limited. Entry is free, and photographing and filming are allowed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/offentliche-fuhrung-zivilschutz-museum-6660/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f4b8304cc030c2da1001de9ae377fb3cf9d6302df40c3eec786f5b4d40fcf3f3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Archaeology in Switzerland", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "CHF 13.00 / 10.00", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/archaeology"], "description": "The permanent exhibition «Archaeology in Switzerland» is shown in the first upper floor in the new wing of Christ Gantenbein Architects. Visitors are introduced to Switzerland's rich archaeological heritage through finds from mountainous regions, glaciers, lakes, cities and villages. Key historical developments are illustrated chronologically, from the appearance of the first human being more than 100,000 years ago to the spread of Christianity and its consolidation around 800 AD. At individual research stations, visitors can learn how man and the environment have influenced each other over the centuries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/archaeology-in-switzerland-59661/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fb8800fb7b066fb6f716795e93e400ad4d6809ff9b1f531230603aea9c24fea8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Zürcher Geschichte / Zunftgeschichte - Eine audiovisuelle Ausstellung", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zunftstadt Zürich", "address": "Obere Zäune 19, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history/zurich"], "description": "An audiovisual exhibition without exhibition objects about Zurich's history and guild history. A tour leads through three historic rooms: the Lochmannsaal, the Steiner-Waser-Stube and the Zunftmeisterstube. Visitors learn more about Zurich's history in an entertaining way. The exhibition is a permanent exhibition at Zunftstadt Zürich.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/zurcher-geschichte-zunftgeschichte-eine-audiovisuelle-ausste-59849/", "official_url": "https://zuercher-museen.ch/museen/zunftstadt-zuerich/zuercher-geschichte-zunftgeschichte", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc9cde56e5eb3704ecabec0ceec12c9abe24f20eefea1f42be2f4ef33f94896a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "1100 Jahre Stadtgeschichte in der Fraumünster-Krypta", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Der Besuch des Krypta-Museums ist im Eintrittspreis von CHF 5.– inbegriffen.", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history/zurich"], "description": "The exhibition in the crypt museum beneath the Fraumünster choir presents 1100 years of the city's history. It offers insight into the development of the abbey, the Reformation and the history of today's Fraumünster. On show are archaeological finds such as the head of a Mary statue recovered during excavations in 2013, a testimony to the iconoclasm, along with drawings and animations documenting the building phases of the abbey. Also featured are facsimiles of letters by Heinrich Bullinger, an Ulrich Bible from 1755 and portraits of all pastors since 1524.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/1100-jahre-stadtgeschichte-in-der-fraumunster-krypta-59645/", "official_url": "https://zuercher-museen.ch/museen/altstadtkirchen/ausstellung-krypta-fraumuenster", "image": "https://noky.io/images/378f464d1b69d70fa44e7b30d4e928453cf15c3a68252d95555193fb5cd7a2bf-2000.webp"}]}