07.06.2024 – 27.10.2024

Maarten Baas – New Times

For the first time in Switzerland, the work of the internationally renowned Dutch designer and artist Maarten Baas is being shown in a monographic exhibition. Its central focus is on his diverse and long-standing exploration of the phenomenon of time and the motif of the clock, which he expresses by means of large-scale video installations, design objects, sculptures and conceptual projects.

Exhibition

01.03.2024 – 01.09.2024

Blood & Dust – Putting waste material to good use

Something is always wasted when materials are extracted and processed. At industrial manufacturing plants, construction sites and workshops, and during the process of making, finishing and packaging the end products, the material left over is often incinerated, dumped or exported.

Exhibition

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

20.09.2024 – 16.03.2025

Workshop Show with Dafi Kühne

Swiss designer Dafi Kühne combines contemporary graphic design with old printing technology in a uniquely creative way. In addition to digital design and production tools, he uses letterpress printing equipment dating from the 1960s, traditional type made of lead or wood, laser-cut woodblocks, plastic printing plates and hand-cut linoleum.

Exhibition

22.11.2024 – 11.05.2025

Lighten Up! In the Rhythm of Day and Night

The planet on which we live revolves, day alternates with night and the length of the day changes with the seasons. All living organisms have internalized this external light-dark cycle as a type of biological clock which enables them to adapt their behaviour and bodily functions appropriately.

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