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Dusty showcases are a thing of the past – Switzerland offers chocolate factories, show dairies, medieval fortresses and castles, interactive sports exhibitions and natural spectacles. Best of all: If you hold a Swiss Travel Pass, the Swiss Museum Pass is included and grants you free admission to more than 500 of these museums so rich in variety.

The top 10 museums

You are already holding a Swiss Travel Pass? Then benefit from free admission to more than 500 museums on your selected travel days – unlimitedly. Whether art, culture, sports or history: The following ten galeries, castles and sites are particularly popular with Swiss Travel Pass holders. Just show your Swiss Travel Pass at the entrance and plunge in!

Chillon Castle at Montreux

Chillon Castle is located on a rock on the banks of Lake Geneva. The water castle is the most visited historic building in Switzerland. For nearly four centuries Chillon was the residence and profitable toll station of the Counts of Savoy.

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Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt

Under the village square, the museum makes a world of powerful pictures and incredible stories come alive with the staged archeological excavation “Zermatlantis“.

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Swiss National Museum in Zurich

The National Museum in Zurich presents Swiss history from its beginnings to the present day in the permanent exhibitions "Archaeology Switzerland", "History Switzerland" and "The Collection", as well as several temporary exhibitions each year.

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Glacier Garden in Lucerne

On Central Switzerland’s mountain terrain, the oldest in the world, the landscape literally lies at your feet. Lucerne’s Glacier Garden allows you to glimpse through a window into the history of the Earth. In the rocky underworld, you can embark on a journey through time and discover amazing things about stone and history. The garden also has a museum and a maze of mirrors to explore.

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Olympic Museum in Lausanne

To experience the Olympics at close quarters and feel the Olympic spirit the way the athletes felt it, to study the history of the Games from antiquity to today - thanks to the latest computer technology and audiovisual media, all of this can be accomplished in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

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Collegiate Library

St. Gallen's Abbey precinct with its magnificent baroque cathedral is a unique historic ensemble. The Abbey library is one of the world's oldest and loveliest libraries.

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Castle of Gruyères

Dating back to the 13th century, the castle is now a museum covering eight centuries of regional architecture, history and culture, and sits amidst a wonderfully scenic panorama. The Gruyères region is also steeped in legends: You’ll soon be familiar with La Belle Luce, John the Cripple, the jester Chalamala and the heroic women of Gruyères who used their goats as weapons.

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Thun Castle

The medieval castle above the town of Thun is a striking focal point at the entrance to the Bernese Oberland region. This almost completely preserved symbol of power contains the Knights' Hall, one of the few surviving halls of its type from the Middle Ages.

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La Maison du Gruyère

Le Gruyère AOP cheese is produced in ample quantities. 29'000 tons of the hard cheese are made annually. It bears the registered trademark AOP (indicating its origin). There is a modern show dairy that produces Le Gruyère AOP cheese, the "La Maison du Gruyère".

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The top 10 museums

Chillon Castle at Montreux

Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt

Swiss National Museum in Zurich

Glacier Garden in Lucerne

Olympic Museum in Lausanne

Collegiate Library

Castle of Gruyères

Thun Castle

La Maison du Gruyère

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