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26 things / texts: Andrej Abplanalp [and 18 others].
Penn Museum Library NK490.Z8 A1313 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- 26 Dinge. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum--Catalogs.
- Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum.
- Art objects--England--London--Catalogs.
- Art objects.
- Material culture--Switzerland--Catalogs.
- Material culture.
- Switzerland--Civilization.
- Switzerland.
- Civilization.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Twenty-six Things.
- Place of Publication:
- Zurich : The Swiss National Museum : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2016]
- Summary:
- This book marks the opening of the new National Museum Zurich on August 1, 2016.. The Swiss National Museum features a permanent collection of some 850,000 objects that tell the story of Switzerland?s history from prehistoric times to the present. This book selects twenty-six items from the collection, one from each of Switzerland?s cantons, that together offer a mosaic of Swiss history. The items include a gold Celtic bowl made more than three thousand years ago, a miniature of the electric motor that helped propel NASA?s Spirit rover on Mars, a medieval Madonna sculpture, a clock that once belonged to Napoleon, the first Swiss snow gun, and many more. Beautifully designed and richly illustrated, this book is a wonderful, compact companion to the appreciation of Switzerland?s long history.
- ISBN:
- 9783858817808
- 3858817805
- OCLC:
- 953932189
- Publisher Number:
- 9783858817808
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