Long Night of the Zurich Museums
Saturday 5. September 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 02:00 a.m.
Short presentations, band, tombola, The Great Journey and creative crab parade.
The entomological collection of the ETH Zurich & the Wildnispark Zürich are our guests.
Programme of all the museumswww.langenacht-zuerich.ch
Programme of the Natural History MuseumProgramme (PDF, 1 MB)
Non-stop activities
- 6:00–11:00 p.m., Take a break and enjoy food and drinks on the Polyterrasse
- 6:00–11:00 p.m., Posidonia slate adventure – search for fossils
- 6:00 p.m.–01:00 a.m., The diversity of rodents – Discovery booth Wildnispark Zürich
- 6:30 p.m.–01:30 a.m., The Great Journey – the newest museum project
- 6:00 p.m.–01:30 a.m., Tombola
- 6:00 p.m.–01:30 a.m., Insects – big and small, booth of the Entomological collection of the ETH
- 6:00 p.m.–01:30 a.m., Creative crab–parade, tinker activity for big and small
Other activities (20 min.)
- 7:00 p.m., Seeds – carriers of genetic data (Workshop)
- 8:00 p.m., «The Origins», Band
- 8:00 p.m., Seeds – carriers of genetic data (Workshop)
- 8:30 p.m., The Great Journey, Short presentation by Dennis Hansen
- 9:00 p.m., Seeds – carriers of genetic data (Workshop)
- 10:00 p.m., «The Origins», Band
- 10:00 p.m., Seeds – carriers of genetic data (Workshop)
- 11:00 p.m., «The Origins», Band
- 11:00 p.m., Seeds – carriers of genetic data (Workshop)
- 11:30 p.m., Wild Champions – Animal Quiz, Short presentation team Wildnispark Zurich
During the Long Night, the museums of the City of Zurich offer visitors special activities and treat them
to culinary surprises. The combined ticket for CHF 25.00 entitles you to visit all participating museums. Children born on or after 6 September 2009 enjoy free admission when accompanied by an adult. They require a combined ticket costing CHF 0.00. Tickets are primarily available online.