Swiss National Museum
{{Short description|Museum in Zurich, Switzerland}}
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{{Infobox museum
| name = Swiss National Museum
| native_name = Landesmuseum
| native_name_lang = de
| image = Landesmuseum Zürich (2007-08-29).jpg
| map_type = Switzerland
| established = 1898
| location = Museumstrasse 2, Zürich, Switzerland
| type = National museum
| website = {{URL|landesmuseum.ch/en}}
}}
File:Zürich - Landesmuseum - Platzspitzpark IMG 1254 ShiftN.jpg
File:Roofer Rooftopper Kran Landesmusem Zürich Zurich.jpg on a crane over the swiss national museum in winter at the time of the christmas event.]]
The Swiss National Museum ({{langx|de|Landesmuseum}}) is a museum in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, adjacent to Central Station and the Platzspitz park. It is part of the Musée Suisse Group, which is itself affiliated with the Federal Office of Culture.
Architecture
The museum building of 1898 in the historicist style was built by Gustav Gull in the form of the French Renaissance city chateaus. His impressive architecture with dozens of towers, courts and his astonishing park on a peninsula between the rivers Sihl and Limmat has become one of the main sights of the Old Town district of Zurich. Its inauguration was filmed by François-Henri Lavanchy-Clarke,{{Cite web |last=Eugster |first=Daniel |date=19 November 2022 |title=Blindendelegierter, Seifenverkäufer und Filmpionier |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/kultur/schweizer-film--und-werbepionier_seifenverkaeufer--blindendelegierter--filmpionier/48059192 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Swissinfo |language=de}} the first non-french concessionary of the Lumière brothers.{{Cite web |title=Ein Phantom der Filmgeschichte: F. H. Lavanchy-Clarke - Kinematografie |url=https://kinematografie.ch/blogeintrag-details/ein-phantom-der-filmgeschichte-f-h-lavanchy-clarke.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=kinematografie.ch}}
Exhibits
The exhibition tour takes the visitor from prehistory through ancient times and the Middle Ages to the 20th century (classic modern art and art of the 16th, 17th and 18th century is settled mainly in the Kunsthaus Museum in a different part of the city of Zürich). There is a very rich section with gothic art, chivalry and a comprehensive collection of liturgical wooden sculptures, panel paintings and carved altars. Zunfthaus zur Meisen near Fraumünster church houses the porcelain and faience collection of the Swiss National Museum. There are also: a Collections Gallery, a place where Swiss furnishings are exhibited, an Armoury Tower, a diorama of the Battle of Murten, and a Coin Cabinet showing 14th, 15th, 16th century Swiss coins and even some coins from the Middle Ages.
Transport
The boats of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft start their round trips (Swiss National Museum–Wollishofen–Zürichhorn) on the Limmat through the city of Zürich at the Swiss National Museum. The closest tram/trolleybus stop is {{lang|de|Bahnhofquai/HB}}.
Gallery
File:Pointe de flèche.png|Neolithic arrowhead, found at Estavayer FR.
File:Statuette du dieu Mercure avec un chapeau ailé, en bronze, trouvée à Uster.png|Bronze statuette of the god Mercury, dressed in a toga and a winged hat, found in Uster.
File:Fischfibelpaar.jpg|alt=Fibule mérovingienne en forme de poisson|Merovingian fibula in the shape of a fish, made from almandine wafers and silver leaf (6th century AD), found at Bülach inside a woman's tomb.
File:Coupe en or découverte à Zurich-Altstetten.png|Gold cup discovered in Altstetten.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.nationalmuseum.ch/e/zuerich/ National Museum Zurich]
- [https://www.newlyswissed.com/swiss-national-museum-zurich/ What the Swiss National Museum in Zurich is all about]
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Category:Museums established in 1890
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1898
Category:National museums of Switzerland
Category:Art museums and galleries in Switzerland
Category:Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Zurich
Category:History museums in Switzerland
Category:Decorative arts museums
Category:Numismatic museums in Switzerland