Picture Archive
The picture archive is the Swiss National Museum's specialist
photography documentation centre. It currently houses some 400,000
pictures of great academic and documentary value. The visual material
contained in the archives is used in national and international academic
publications, brochures and catalogues, as well as in exhibitions and
periodicals. Around 3,000 new photographs of collection objects are
added to the archives every year, and all interior and exterior views of
buildings and photographs of all permanent and special exhibitions and
of events held by the entire museum group are processed, archived and
registered.
Orders for digital images, the creation of prints and enlargements, as
well as the loan of ektachromes (large-format slides) may be placed by
telephone or in writing. There is a fee for photographic services as
well as for reproduction rights. The picture archive may be viewed by appointment. Research may be conducted on the premises.
A choice of pictures is available on our online database: http://webcollection.nationalmuseum.ch
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Remark: Please note that pictures marked «for web only» cannot be ordered from the Picture Archive.
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