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Zurich in the Viewfinder 1850 - 1900

A Welcome to the Archives for Building History at the Landesmuseum Zürich

The National Museum in Zurich

28.4.2007 – 30.9.2007

Zurich 150 years ago: a city on its way up. A railway junction, a financial centre, a place of industry and higher learning … and, last but not least, a city under construction, with representative new buildings, demolition sites and renovation projects, major through roads and public squares. Zurich was on its way to becoming the Swiss metropolis.

Photography 150 years ago: a new medium in the process of changing the way people look at the world. Itinerant photographers stopped off in Zurich to capture buildings old and new on film. Later, native photographers set up shop and began documenting the transformation of their city as the 19th century drew to a close.

Valuable original prints from the Archives for Building History offer a glimpse of a city on the threshold to the 20th century. Discover a chapter of contemporary history.

The exhibition is in German.