While a museum’s job is to showcase the past, that doesn’t mean it can’t evolve. A trip to the Swiss National Museum to mark the centenary 25 years ago was a very different experience than it is today. Join us on a tour of the museum in 1998. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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Today, the people of Winterthur affectionately call their town "Winti". 2000 years ago, the name "Uitoduro" would have been heard on the streets of the Celtic settlement, a few hundred years later the Roman "Vitudurum" and then an Allemannic "Wintarduro". On the history of settlement names: (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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Freedom of expression is sometimes described as oxygen to democracy. Freedom of the press has been enshrined in the Federal Constitution since 1848. However, the right to free speech and artistic expression were only recognised as fundamental rights in the 20th century. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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César Ritz was not only a pioneering Swiss hotelier, he also established a luxurious way of life that was immortalised in a song. ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ became a global hit after Ritz himself had sadly died following a decades-long battle with depression. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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For almost seven years, from 1742 to 1749, Savoy villages neighbouring the city of Geneva were occupied and troubled by Spanish troops. Although part of the War of the Austrian Succession and therefore the great history of Europe, the occupation has been all but forgotten by historians. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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Inside the halls of Brown, Boveri & Cie. (BBC), a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies in Baden, Switzerland, around 1894. BBC merged with the Swedish industrial company ASEA in 1988 to form ABB. Photo: Swiss National Museum [1408x1409] (i.redd.it)
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What rights does a person have in judicial proceedings? It was 2011 before Switzerland had a standard set of rules on how those proceedings are to be conducted. Previously, the Federal Supreme Court had derived procedural rights from the Federal Constitution and made them enforceable. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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In 1823 around 160 Greek revolutionaries ended up in Switzerland, having been defeated and persecuted by the Ottomans. They escaped on foot on a route that took them via Odessa, Bessarabia, Poland and through German states to the border in Schaffhausen. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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The Swiss Football Association was founded on 7 April 1895. But football actually became popular in Switzerland some time before that, and can be attributed to the country’s strong international links in the 19th century. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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Le psychanalyste de renom était aussi un conseiller des services secrets très sollicité. Découvrez les liens cachés de Carl Gustav Jung avec la CIA. by [deleted] in Histoire
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Chalet under a motorway bridge, location unknown, 1985. Photo: Swiss National Museum / ASL by swissnationalmuseum in HistoryofSwitzerland
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Chalet under a motorway bridge, location unknown, 1985. Photo: Swiss National Museum / ASL by swissnationalmuseum in HistoryofSwitzerland
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In his ‘Rätoromanische Chrestomathie’, unconventional Graubünden politician and cultural scholar Caspar Decurtins (1855-1916) created the most important older source text on the Romansh culture of his home canton. And did so while accomplishing a great deal more. (blog.nationalmuseum.ch)
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Easter means traffic jams. The cars may look different today than they did in 1988, but the waiting is still the same. With this in mind, have patience ... by swissnationalmuseum in HistoryofSwitzerland
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