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Infantry bunker on the Raten Pass

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Landesmuseum Zürich (Swiss National Museum)Altstadt

Wars and us

Now showing17 April 2026 – 17 January 2027Ticketed, see website

How wars shaped Switzerland from the late Middle Ages to today: national myths, civil wars, mercenary service, the arms industry and neutrality.

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On now All of November 2026

Also at Landesmuseum Zürich (Swiss National Museum)

On now nearby

Christoph Hefti exhibition image

Christoph Hefti: The Missing Cat and Other Textile Stories

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

Avant-Garde: Graphic Design on the Rise exhibition image

Avant-Garde: Graphic Design on the Rise

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

Hugo Suter. Flowing and Growing. The Printmaking

Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich

All exhibitions in Zurich this month Coming up in December

Nearby

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

Architecture6 min walk

ETH Zürich main building, home of the Graphische Sammlung, at dusk

Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich

ArtFree8 min walk

Photobastei

Entrance of the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich

Naturhistorisches Museum der Universität Zürich (Zoologisches Museum)

Natural HistoryFree9 min walk

Image credits

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Wars and usChristian Schwager, infantry bunker on the Raten Pass / © 2026, ProLitteris, Zurich
Christoph Hefti: The Missing Cat and Other Textile StoriesCourtesy of Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse
Avant-Garde: Graphic Design on the RiseCourtesy of Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse
Landesmuseum Zürich (Swiss National Museum)Matt Joseph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Graphische Sammlung ETH ZürichETH-Bibliothek / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Naturhistorisches Museum der Universität Zürich (Zoologisches Museum)Dennis G. Jarvis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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