Zurich's Long Night of Museums 2017

Saturday, 2 September 2017, 19:00 to 2:00

SwissCamp
Swiss polar research station "Swiss Camp" on the Greenland ice shield, Konrad Steffen, WSL

Icebergs, glaciers and rocky deserts at temperatures of down to minus 90° Celsius – the extreme conditions of the polar regions turn science into an adventure. Explore with us, what phenomena the polar scientists observe and learn about the indigenous culture of Siberia.

Programme in focusTerra

19:00–02:00 (continuously)
Swiss polar research
Special exhibition "SwissCamp"

19:00–02:00 (continuously)
IceCube – Bar

Hot and cold: Baked potatoes and refreshing drinks, run by Rolling Food: external page www.rollingfood.ch  

19:00–02:00 (continuously)
Icequakes – Rumbling glaciers
Experience an ice quake in the simulator

19:00–00:00 (continuously)
Glacial traces
Supervised workshop

19:00–02:00 (continuously)
From ice cores to wind measurements

Supervised workshops

19:30, 21:30, 23:30 (approx. 30 Min)
Siberian songs from Chukchi
Sing and dance performance by Siberian shaman Olga Letykai and her daughter Keungeut Alissa Csonka

20:15, 22:45 (approx. 30 Min)
Polare Eiskappen und Meeresspiegel – wie sieht unsere Zukunft aus?

Presentation by Prof. Dr. Konrad Steffen,
Swiss Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL, in German only

19:00, 21:00, 23:00 (approx. 20 Min)  
Kaassassuk − The Orphan / Der Waisenjunge
Animation movie by the Uummannaq Children's home and Perlefilm ©, 2016
English with German subtitles, parental guidance for 8+ years

Admission fees apply for the museum night.

external page Programme of all museums (German only)

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