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Heimatwerk
C4
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Jelmoli
B3
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Rosenhof
C4
FRAUMÜNSTER
(
www.fraumuenster.ch
,
in German; Münsterhof; 10am-6pm Apr-Oct, to 4pm Nov-Mar)
The 13th-
century cathedral is renowned for its distinctive stained-glass windows, designed by the
Russian-Jewish master Marc Chagall (1887-1985). He did a series of five windows in the
choir stalls in 1971 and the rose window in the southern transept in 1978. The rose win-
dow in the northern transept was created by Augusto Giacometti in 1945.
| Cathedral
SCHWEIZERISCHES
LANDESMUSEUM
| History Museum
(Swiss National Museum; 044 218 65 11;
www.musee-suisse.ch
;
Museumstrasse 2; adult/child Sfr10/
free; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun)
Inside a purpose-built cross between a mansion and a castle
sprawls an eclectic and imaginatively presented permanent collection that includes an ex-
tensive tour through Swiss history. Collections range from ancient arms to coins, and tra-
ditional crafts to a series of rooms recreating the interiors of everything from a 15th-cen-
tury convent to contemporary pads crammed with designer furniture.
MUSEUM FÜR GESTALTUNG
(Design Museum; 043 446 67 67;
www.museum-gestaltung.ch
;
Ausstellungstrasse 60; adult/conces-
sion Sfr9/6; 10am-8pm Wed, 10am-5pm Tue & Thu-Sun)
Consistently impressive and wide-ran-
ging, the exhibitions at this design museum include anything from works by classic photo-
graphers like Henri Cartier-Bresson to advertising for design furniture of yesteryear.
Graphic and applied arts dominate the permanent collections, with anything from canned
fruit tins to typewriters on display. Take trams 4 or 13.
| Museum
MUSEUM RIETBERG
( 044 206 31 31; Gablerstrasse 15; adult/ concession permanent collection Sfr12/10, special exhibitions
Sfr16/12;
| Art Museum
10am-5pm Tue & Fri-Sun, to 8pm Wed & Thu)
Set in three villas in a leafy park and
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