04.04.2025 – 24.08.2025

Before and After Sand

The exhibition sheds light on questions about the value of sand, its formation over time, the impact of its extraction on ecosystems and the potential for a sustainable future through mineral, synthetic or organic alternatives.

Exhibition

Photos: Michael Lio

MATERIAL LAB

Please feel free to touch! From glass, metal, wood, paper, plastic and stone to ceramics, colour pigments, textiles and leather – the permanent MATERIAL LAB exhibition is an interactive laboratory for studying materials. It is like a vast, three-dimensional textbook with an online database, some 1,000 specimen materials, experiment tables, video and audio stations and a library, all offering an in-depth yet enjoyable way of finding out about the world of materials. The MATERIAL LAB is thus a fun learning opportunity, as well as a place where interested members of the public, specialists and students of all ages can carry out research and make discoveries.

Permanent exhibition

Photos: Michael Lio

Forthcoming exhibitions

06.06.2025 – 02.11.2025

Do Stuff! Textile Creations in New Dimensions

“Do Stuff!” presents current works by the renowned Swiss textile creators Stéphanie Baechler, Christoph Hefti and Sonnhild Kestler, all three of whom previously focused on textile design for fashion fabrics. In recent years, however, their individual paths have led them away from fashion and into wider spaces as they explore larger formats and other dimensions of textiles.

Exhibition

12.09.2025 – 15.03.2026

The Colours of Architecture

Hosting the Domaine de Boisbuchet. The design institute takes a look at the broad palette of regional colour choices, influenced as these are by local stones and pigments. It ranges from the international architectural concepts of the 1920s through to current research projects.

Exhibition

28.11.2025 – 17.05.2026

Glitter

Some 40 international examples from the worlds of art and design – photographs, films, costumes and installations – are brought together in this exploration of glitter as a medium for protest, performance and pop culture, as well as a symbol for boosting the visibility of marginalized groups and resisting the imposition of body norms.

Exhibition

A backward glance: visit our exhibition archive.

Our archive of temporary exhibitions and special presentations is still under construction and is continuously being updated. All our exhibitions since 1999 are listed in German. Information about exhibitions since 2017 is available in English.

Exhibition archive

Uhrenmuseum Winterthur

Photo: Michael Lio

One building, two museums: the Uhrenmuseum Winterthur clock and watch museum is housed under the same roof as the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur. The Kellenberger Clock and Watch Collection and the Oscar Schwank Watch Collection – two superlative collections of international repute – form the core of the permanent exhibition. The multimedia displays feature antique timepieces dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries and are aimed at clock and watch enthusiasts, specialists and the wider public. Themed public tours take place on the last Friday of each month, starting at noon.

Uhrenmuseum Winterthur