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Visit our exhibitions on 7 September 2024

Opening on 30 August 2024

In our guest exhibition at the Max Frisch Archive, we take you back to the early days of the Swiss railway system. Learn more about the success story!

A wide range of events awaits you at extract. Immerse yourself in the world of insects and plants from over 200 years of collecting and experience exciting stories.

Insects and plants collected over the course of more than 200 years highlight the importance of wildlife conservation – the first exhibition at extract, the new exhibition space in the ETH main building.

The riches of the Collections and Archives of ETH Zurich in one space: beginning this summer, extract will bring together a diverse range of objects and documents to address current research questions

From 01 March 2023, two new exhibitions at the Thomas Mann Archives in the ETH main building will provide insights into the life, work and political involvement of one the most famous writers of the 20th century.

Visit the new exhibition, featuring a number of astronomical instruments, in the historic Semper Observatory

With the planned reopening of the parking garage beneath the forecourt of the ETH main building, Naegeli’s graffiti art will once again be accessible to the public.

After some six years in their temporary location on the Hönggerberg campus, the Thomas Mann Archives have moved back to the city centre.

This fascinating exhibition portrays the meetings between Max Frisch and Helmut Schmidt, and is open to the public from 8 June to 2 September 2022 in the Max Frisch Archive at the ETH main building.

Learn about the beginnings of glacier research in Switzerland. A selection of works from the Rare Books and Maps collection will be on display at a visiting exhibition at the Max Frisch Archive from 4 April to 6 May 2022.

Take a guided tour of the ETH Materials Hub and find out more about the development of wood as a building material from the Renaissance to the present day.

Research and knowledge brought to life: ETH Zurich presents selected holdings from its collections and archives at the new external location Octavo.

Explore the world of volcanoes and the history of volcanic research at the first guest exhibition from the Rare Books, which runs from 6 to 23 April 2021 in the Max Frisch Archive.

As a cooperation partner, the Thomas Mann Archive makes the exhibition possible with original loans

Europäische Tage des Denkmals «Farben» am Sonntag, 15. September 2019