Visitor Information
The Zoological and Palaeontological Museum is open
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To visit the museum all visitors aged 16 and older must provide proof of a Covid-19 vaccination or recovery from the Covid-19 disease together with an official photo ID. In addition for persons 12 years and older it is compulsory to wear a mask. |
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Visits for groups of 6 or more persons are possible, but an online registration is obligatory. Link |
| Check our calendar to find out what events have been planned to take place in the museum. Link |
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Birthday parties and guided tours for school classes and groups can be booked again. |
| We are active on Facebook. |
| Address | Contact |
| Zoological Museum | Tel: +41 44 634 38 38 |
| of the University of Zurich | Fax: +41 44 634 38 39 |
| Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4 | info@zm.uzh.ch |
| CH-8006 Zurich | How to find us |
| Free entrance | The museum is wheelchair accessible |
| ATTENTION: | Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult |
| Regular opening hours | |
| Tuesday - Sunday | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| Opening hours during Public Holidays | |
| 24 December | closed |
| Christmas (25 December) | closed |
| Boxing Day (26 December) | closed |
| New Year’s Eve (31 December) | closed |
| New Year (1 January) | closed |
| 2 January | clsoed |
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Holy Thursday Easter Monday |
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. closed |
| Sechseläuten Monday | closed |
| Ascension Day | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| Pentecost Saturday Pentecost Sunday Whit Monday |
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. closed |
| International Worker’s Day (1 May) | closed |
| Confederation Day (1 August) | closed |
| Knabenschiessen Monday | closed |
| Federal Prayday (Sunday) | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |