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Interactive museums and exhibitions for children

Explore and experience the secrets of nature and major scientific achievements with the whole family in these exhibitions and museums.

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What can we do to save the environment? Where do animals and human beings come from and how does our organism work? How do indigenous people live and with what did children play in ancient times?

The following places are an interactive playground for researches and explorers of all ages. In interactive exhibitions and workshops, they learn in a playful way how the world works, what is and what used to be. In the following places, they can probe, explore, research, observe and analyze.

Winterthur

Technorama

Looking into the eye of a storm, playing drum with raindrops, discovering the park and the Wuonderbridge – it’s all about experimenting natural phenomena.
Winterthur
Zurich

Kulturama - Museum of Human Evolution

Please DO touch: At the Kulturama, everybody who is hungry for knowledge can go on a hands-on journey to the origins of life and feel first-hand how the human heart beats.
Zurich
Baden

Swiss Children's Museum

In this magnificent villa and in two interactive exhibitions, children of today discover how the children of the past used to live and play.
Baden
Zurich

NONAM

From the vast prairies to the ice-covered Arctic: Visitors are guided through a sensual course that reflects the history of the indigenous people.
Zurich
Baden

Baden Museum of History

Interactively and equipped with a tablet, little researchers learn in the Landvogteischloss (Bailiff’s Castle) about the history and people of Baden from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Baden
Zurich

National Museum Zurich

From prehistoric times to the present day – families explore Switzerland’s cultural history armed with a suitcase, maps, magnifying glasses, and puzzles.
Zurich
Zürich

Tram Museum Zurich

The ringing and rattling of trams is part of everyday life in Zurich. The Tram Museum provides a stage for this charming means of transportation.
Zürich
Spreitenbach

Umwelt Arena Switzerland

In exciting and interactive exhibitions, environmental researchers of all ages learn about sustainability and what we can do to save our planet.
Spreitenbach
Dürnten

KMM Kulturzentrum

Music history that delights: at this museum, everything revolves around mechanical musical instruments.
Dürnten
Elm

Sernftalbahn Museum

Rails that meant the world - in the former station of the Sernftalbahn, train fans travel back through time.
Elm
Zurich

focusTerra

With its geological exhibition, the museum focusTerra takes you on a fascinating journey from the Earth's center to the peaks of the Alps.
Zurich
Zurich

WOW Museum

A colorful world full of optical and sensory illusions is greeting its visitors in the heart of Zurich – careful, one might even lose the ground.
Zurich
Zurich

Mühlerama Museum

The Mühlerama unites an industrial mill and a museum for eating culture with its own baking school.
Zurich
Glarus

Glarnerland Nature Center

Young and old explorers can find information and tips for excursions as well as discovery kits to borrow at the Glarnerland Nature Center.
Glarus
Horgen

Käpfnach Mine

Getting a fascinating insight into the 100-year-old mining tradition followed by a thrilling rail ride through the dark mining tunnel.
Horgen
Engi

Slate Mine Landesplattenberg

Deep inside the Glarus mountains a treasure awaits - discover it, as you follow in the footsteps of the slate miners on a guided tour.
Engi
Baar

Höllgrotten Caves Baar

Mysterious rock formations, hidden lakes and plays of light – in the Lorze ravine, a wonderfully mystic world is waiting to be discovered.
Baar
Zug

Museum of Pre-History

20,000 years of fascinating history under one roof: at the Museum of Pre-History, people interested in bygone times can travel back into the past.
Zug
Hagendorn

Ziegelei Museum

In this ancient brick factory, the little ones get hands-on right away: By working with clay on the “Zwergenwerkplatz”, breaking bricks in the clay pit or driving with the trolley.
Hagendorn
Zug

Tinkerlab Zug

A hands-on workshop for the inventors of tomorrow: Children and adolescents, age nine and older, can realize their own projects and ideas with the help of coaches.
Zug
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