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The National Museum Zurich is Switzerland’s most visited museum of cultural history. The Museum presents history from the earliest times to the present day, exploring the country’s historical complexity and cultural variety and showcasing what it means to be Swiss.

The National Museum is one of Zurich’s most popular visitor attractions and is centrally located right next to the city’s Hauptbahnhof. The Museum complex is an ensemble consisting of an elegant historic building dating from 1898 and an adjoining sculptural wing built in 2016, allowing visitors to walk through the old and the new.

In addition to six permanent exhibitions, the complex on Museumstrasse presents around eight temporary exhibitions each year. These temporary displays cover historic and cultural topics, as well as issues relevant to society and social existence. The exhibitions are accompanied by discussions, talks, readings and workshops.

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National Museum Zurich

Lantern-lit tour: ‘Christmas & Nativity Scenes’

By the light of their lanterns, the young guests set off in search of pictures that tell the Christmas story. Family tour. Ages 5–9. Children must be ...

27.11.2026

17:30

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National Museum Zurich

Alone in the museum at night

When the last visitors leave the museum in the evening, the lights are switched off and an exciting journey of discovery begins. Family tour. Ages 10 ...

27.11.2026

18:45

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Christmas & Nativity Scenes – Winter Light in a Jar

Together, the participants explore a selection of nativity scenes. As they do so, they talk about the Christmas story, Advent traditions and special winter ...

28.11.2026

10:30

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Christmas stories

The story of Jesus’ birth in the stable in Bethlehem is known throughout the world. For many centuries, this scene and other parts of the story have been ...

28.11.2026

13:30

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A wonderful story told with Kamishibai

The Christmas story is told using Kamishibai in an atmospheric setting. Afterwards, the children meet various characters from the story in the ...

02.12.2026

13:30

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National Museum Zurich

Lantern-lit tour: ‘Christmas & Nativity Scenes’

By the light of their lanterns, the young guests set off in search of pictures that tell the Christmas story. Family tour. Ages 5–9. Children must be ...

02.12.2026

17:30