Picture archive

The picture archive is the National Museum Zurichs’ 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 at the museums are processed, archived and registered.

Orders may be placed by telephone or in writing for the creation of prints, enlargements and digital scans, as well as to borrow Ektachromes (large-format slides). 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.

Note: Please note that pictures marked "for web only" cannot be ordered from the Picture Archive.

Please address enquiries and picture order to
▪ Ms Andrea Kunz, tel. +41 (0)44 218 65 69 / e-mail
andrea.kunz@snm.admin.ch

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