"NZZ History on Tour"

Since October 2017, historian Thomas Maissen, Director of the German Historical Institute in Paris, has been writing in "NZZ Geschichte" a series on the "Key moments in Swiss history". As part of the "NZZ History on Tour" campaign week" Thomas Maissen's extensive knowledge is brought to life and further deepened. The selected museums offer an individual day program on various key moments in Swiss history.

The program will be rounded off with an on-stage discussion between Thomas Maissen and Peer Teuwsen, Editorial Director of "NZZ Geschichte". They will discuss questions such as "Why was Switzerland spared in the Second World War"? or "When exactly did our country actually come into being"? The participating museums include the Bern Historical Museum, the Basel Historical Museum and the National Museum in Zurich. "With 'NZZ History on Tour', we take up the most important cornerstones of Swiss history and try to find out why Switzerland is the way it is today," says Peer Teuwsen, Editorial Director of "NZZ History"The reading for the tour was published in a Dossier on NZZ.ch summarized. In addition to Thomas Maissen's contributions on key moments in Swiss history, there are also explanatory videos, a quiz on the topic and on-site reporting. "NZZ History on Tour" starts on September 11 at the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen and ends on September 16 at the Neues Museum Biel. Further information on the program, admission prices and tickets for the stage talks can be found at "NZZ Shop" available.