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Museum

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Café du Château

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Special opening times

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2024 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 31.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2025 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Good Friday 18.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Sunday 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Day 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss Federal Fast 21.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 22.09.2025 closed

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Opening times

Museum

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long

Café du Château

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long

Special opening times

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Day 25.12.2024 closed

  • St. Stephen's Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Labour Day 31.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year's Day 01.01.2025 closed

  • Berchtold's Day 02.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Good Friday 18.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Sunday 20.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Easter Monday 21.04.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Ascension 29.05.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whitsun 08.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Whit Monday 09.06.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss National Day 01.08.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Swiss Federal Fast 21.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday of the Swiss Federal Fast 22.09.2025 closed

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Event

Swiss National Day

Free admission

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Take advantage of the 1 August to experience an unmissable Swiss tradition: the Jass! You will also be able to listen to music thanks to the collaboration with Rive Jazzy, and rediscover the Château thanks to our guided tours.

Jass tournament (registration required, from 14:00 to 17:00)

Register as a team for the tournament organised by the Culture & Gourmandise association!

Introduction to Jass (no registration required, from 14:00 to 17:00)

Take a seat at the tables and discover this game thanks to the Culture & Gourmandise association.
 

Music (in collaboration with Rive Jazzy, at 14:30 and 16:30)

The Mobile Jazz Quartett will be strolling through the Château, inside and out:

  • Thomas Winteler on clarinet and soprano saxophone
  • Jacques Ducrot on alto saxophone and clarinet
  • Pierre Alain Maret on banjo
  • Jean-Daniel Gisclon on tuba
Guided tours (no registration required)

14:00 - What is Switzerland? in French (30 minutes)
14:00 - Anne Frank and Switzerland in French (45 minutes)
14:00 - Le Tour du propriétaire in German (45 minutes)
14:00 - Le Tour du propriétaire in English (45 minutes)
14:00 - Le Tour du propriétaire in italiin (45 minutes)

14:30 - What is Switzerland? in French (30 minutes)
14:30 - What is Switzerland? in German (30 minutes)

15:00 - What is Switzerland? in English (30 minutes)
15:00 - What is Switzerland? in Italian (30 minutes)
15:00 - Anne Frank and Switzerland in French (45 minutes)

16:00 - Le Tour du propriétaire in French (45 minutes)
16:00 - Le Tour du propriétaire in English (45 minutes)
16:00 - Le Tour du propriétaire in Italian (45 minutes)

16:30 - What is Switzerland? in French (30 minutes)

Château de Prangins

Wheelchair accessible

This event is in the past.

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+41 22 994 88 90 info.prangins@museenational.ch

The exhibition

switzerlandThe world’s oldest democracy, a major financial centre and perpetual armed neutrality – is that the reality of Switzerland, or just a series of clichés? This exhibition sets out to explore those myths and measure them against the everyday lives of the Swiss population, from the 18th century to the present day.

Each room examines a theme that is central to understanding Switzerland, then and now: identity, territory, family and the role of women, but also work and democracy.

Aimed in particular at the younger generations, this new exhibition makes their voices heard and interweaves them with the testimony of those who have helped to build Switzerland’s prosperity since the late 19th century. By way of conclusion, a young audience investigates a myth that is still alive and well today: Switzerland as a “happy” country!

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