Activities for the media
Regular information for media professionals
We send out regular media information about our exhibitions and activities, as well as invitations to our media briefings. To be added to our media address list or inform us of a change of address, please contact Media Relations. Media Relations will also be happy to deal with bookings for media briefings, requests for specific information or exhibition tours, and orders for our comprehensive media package.
Media information is available in German only.
MATERIAL ARCHIV
The MATERIAL ARCHIV is an interactive laboratory for studying materials. This centre for research and discovery answers questions relating to art, design, architecture and crafts, and provides a fun way of learning.
Media information is available in German only.
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.
Plan your visit
Opening hours & Public holidays
Tuesday to Sunday
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Monday
Closed
Please note our special opening hours on public holidays.
Holiday opening hours 2018
New Year’s Day, Monday, 1 January 2018, closed
Local holiday, Tuesday, 2 January 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fasnacht carnival, Sunday, 18 February 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fasnacht carnival, Monday, 19 February 2018, closed
Maundy Thursday, Thursday, 29 March 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Good Friday, Friday, 30 March 2018, closed
Easter Sunday, Sunday, 1 April 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Easter Monday, Monday, 2 April 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Labour Day, Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Ascension Day, Thursday, 10 May 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Whit Sunday, Sunday, 20 May 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Whit Monday, Monday, 21 May 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
St. Alban's Festival, Saturday, 30 June 2018, closed
St. Alban's Festival, Sunday, 1 July 2018, closed
National holiday, Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Christmas Eve, Monday, 24 December 2018, closed
Christmas Day, Tuesday, 25 December 2018, closed
Boxing Day, Wednesday, 26 December 2018, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
New Year’s Eve, Monday, 31 December 2018, closed
Directions & parking
Getting here by public transport
Walk from Winterthur main railway station to Untertor, continue along Marktgasse as far as the fountain, turn right into Untere Kirchgasse and continue to Kirchplatz. This takes just under 10 minutes on foot from the station.
Or travel two stops on bus number 1, 3, 5 or 14 from the main railway station, alighting at the Stadthaus stop. Then turn right into Oberer Graben, right into Marktgasse, left into Obere Kirchgasse and continue to Kirchplatz.
From Zurich take the Winterthur-Töss exit, from St. Gallen take the Oberwinterthur exit and from Schaffhausen take the Winterthur-Ohringen exit and proceed to the Technikum-Nord car park (no parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the museum), then walk through Steinberggasse and Obere Kirchgasse to Kirchplatz.
Deliveries / Dropping off and picking up passengers
On Tuesday mornings and Friday mornings, access via Technikumstrasse, Neumarkt, Steinberggasse and Obere Kirchgasse is closed because of the street market.
Gewerbemuseum Winterthur
Kirchplatz 14
CH-8400 Winterthur
T +41 (0)52 267 51 36
gewerbemuseum@win.ch
