Events in Zurich Region - Art exhibitions

The 1,000-m2 Swiss history exhibition depicts how Switzerland came to be over a period of 550 years.

Horse stories between stable and nursery.

Jeweils im Frühling zeigt das Landesmuseum Zürich die besten Pressefotografien der Schweiz.

The museum houses the largest international design collection in Switzerland. The new permanent exhibition presents highlights and opens up access to the archives.

Ausgehend von der Sage der «Goldenen Boos» und der historischen Figur Barbara Erni beschäftigt sich Céline Meier mit Erinnerung, Schuld und öffentlicher Zuschreibung.

Der Original-Triceratops jetzt im Sauriermuseum Aathal

Max von Moos’s famously sombre yet surprisingly cheerful oeuvre is “decoded” by being situated along a series of central topics.

Gleichzeitig mit der Ausstellung «Swiss Press Photo 26» zeigt das Landesmuseum Zürich auch die besten Pressefotografien der Welt.

As part of the ReCollect! series, Wolfgang Laib's works will be juxtaposed with masterpieces from the Kunsthaus Zürich collection.

The Langmatt celebrates the return of the paintings to the newly renovated museum with the exhibition «Welcome back».

Warfare has been a defining element of Switzerland’s history.

In the newly designed sector of Mindscapes, we will be dealing with the largest phenomenon of all: You! Because you are phenomenal.

Glacier Dreams

The city and canton of Zurich have a long and chequered history. This will be shown in a permanent exhibition at the National Museum.

The city and canton of Zurich have a long and chequered history. This will be shown in a permanent exhibition at the National Museum.

How do we live today? Around 100 world-renowned photographers document collective existence in our societies and the traces we leave on the planet.

The exhibition shows based on current projects how design can work together with science, architecture, art, and technology to contribute to protecting natural ecosystems.

In der im November 2023 eröffneten Ausstellung können die Besuchenden den Zusammenhängen des Elektromagnetismus auf den Grund gehen und überraschende und schöne Phänomene entdecken.

Glitzer funkelt und flirrt, fasziniert und empört. Er ist omnipräsent und auf Bühnen zu finden wie auf Protestplakaten und in Kinderzimmern. In Hamburg war die schillernde Schau ein Publikumsmagnet.

The artist duo BiglerWeibel were invited to take part in one of three long-term process-based art projects as part of the two-year overall renovation of the Langmatt.

An online exhibition to take part in

The Histories

The permanent exhibition at the Museum of Prehistory presents archaeological finds from Canton Zug.

The permanent exhibition features more than 1,000 exhibits from the collection, including nostalgic memorabilia, documents and images from the FIFA archives.

From October 2019, the Swiss National Museum’s collections will be presented in the renovated historical west wing of the National Museum Zurich.

Many children dream of travelling back in time. In the new family exhibition we make this dream come true!

The innovative exhibition on the history of the spa and industrial city of Baden. Get connected and surf through the past of a city that has left its mark on the world.

Art for all

What binds a community together? Initially one might assume it is to do with having the same language, external enemies or economic interests.

The permanent exhibition «Archaeology in Switzerland» is shown in the first upper floor in the new wing of Christ Gantenbein Architects.

An exhibition that shows narratives of migration, cosmology and political memory in the textile practices of the artists.

Laboratory of delights

Marisol (Venezuelan and US-American, born in France, 1930 - 2016) became instantly famous in New York in the 1960s with her colorfully painted wooden sculptures.

Die Ausstellung begibt sich auf die Spuren von Sternanis, Zimt und Kardamom aus Vietnam – dem Gewürz-Dreiklang von phở-Nudelsuppe und Glühwein.

Kunst in der Park-Villa

Die Ausstellung zeigt sieben Archive von Fotografinnen (1900–1970) und hinterfragt die männlich geprägte Schweizer Fotogeschichte.