Exhibitions

Colour Space

From 9 November 2024 to 24 January 2025, the NL is presenting an exhibition of prints from Edition VFO (Verein für Originalgraphik) and from its Prints and Drawings Department. The works will be juxtaposed in seven thematic areas.

Snow. The wonder in white

From 4 March to 1 July 2022 the exhibition “Snow” invites you to engage with the wonder in white through a range of playful, scientific, poetic and artistic exhibits. Guided tours, a reading evening and other events complement the exhibition.

Vote now! On the right to have a say

Women in Switzerland were granted the right to vote in federal elections in 1971. The exhibition "Vote Now!", which runs from 9 September 2021 to 14 January 2022 at the NL, looks at who is entitled to vote and stand for election in Switzerland.

Meat - An Exhibition on the Inner Life

From 4 March to 30 June 2021 we turn our attention to meat, following it from the table back via the butcher’s shop and the slaughterhouse to the farm. We reveal what’s in the meat we consume, where it comes from, and where its future lies.

Vu du ciel. Du ballon de Spelterini au drone.

28.02.–28.06.2019

A quoi ressemble la Suisse vue du ciel ? Pour un large public, ce sont les photographies d’Eduard Spelterini qui, d’abord, ont répondu à cette question. A cette époque, il fallait avoir un réel esprit de pionnier pour faire des photos depuis les airs. Aujourd’hui, le drone rend la photographie aérienne accessible à tous.

Le LSD. Les 75 ans d’un enfant terrible

7.9.2018–11.1.2019

C’est en 1943 qu’Albert Hofmann a découvert les effets hallucinogènes du LSD. En s’inspirant du best-seller du chimiste suisse « LSD, mon enfant terrible », la bibliothèque nationale raconte dans cette exposition l’histoire de cette substance située à mi-chemin entre drogue miracle et œuvre diabolique.

Parkett. 101 Contemporary Art Books

2.3.–29.6.2018

Parkett is many things: a book series, a global network for art practitioners and researchers, and an edition project. The exhibition looks back at the last 34 years of contemporary art, not just in the National Library but also online.

Dominik Stauch in collaboration with Thomi Wolfensberger and with the participation of Bernhard Bischoff & Partner, The Big Showdown, Wolfsberg-Verlag (Ed.), Zurich: Wolfsberg-Verlag 2011. Prints and Drawings Department of the Swiss National Library, Bern © Thomi Wolfensberger, Photo: Swiss National Library

The Photobook and its Authors

28.11.2015 –13.2.2016

The exhibition “The Photobook and its Authors” encompasses photobooks from the 1990s onwards, from the very rich collection of the Swiss National Library.

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