Special exhibition in Windisch

People and Machines

Experience the industrial history of Aargau in Windisch from 23 October 2020 to 1 May 2021! In the special exhibition "People and Machines" ("Von Menschen und Maschinen") you'll meet bosses and working-class families.

From sugar cubes to aluminium foil and ski bindings, Aargau's industry has made international history. Highlights and background information are presented in the major special exhibition "People and Machines" in Windisch. The exhibition texts are translated into English.

From 23 October 2020 to 1 May 2021, meet bosses and working-class families in the SBB Historic building. Selected objects, photographs and unique contemporary documents paint a fascinating picture of the diversity, innovative power and global networking of Aargau's industry.

Museum Aargau's special exhibition "People and Machines" also shows how companies in the canton of Aargau have managed the structural changes of recent decades. It highlights the current challenges and discusses how we will work, produce and consume in future.

Opening hours & Contact

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday
1 – 7 pm

+41 0848 871 200
reservation.mum@ag.ch

Availability by telephone:
Tuesday to Friday
9 am – 12 midday
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Visitor information

Opening hours

23 October 2020 to 1 May 2021
Monday	closed
Tuesday to Sunday	1 – 7 pm

23 October 2020 to 1 May 2021

Monday

closed

Tuesday to Sunday

1 – 7 pm

Special opening hours for groups

Groups with a booked guided tour can also visit the exhibition outside the regular opening hours:

Monday: all day
Tuesday to Sunday: mornings also

Admission fees

Tickets are available at the ticket office. Payment can be made in CHF and EUR. Credit cards are also accepted (including Postcard, Maestro, Visa and Mastercard).

All prices in CHF, prices subject to change. Admission prices may vary for special events.

Category	p.P.	from 10 p.
Adults	CHF 17	CHF 14
Vocational trainees and students (up to age 26)	CHF 12	CHF 9
Children (6–16 years)	CHF 10	CHF 7
Family ticket A (2 adults + max. 5 children)	CHF 44	-
Family ticket B (1 adult + max. 5 children)	CHF 30	-
Schools	-	CHF 4

By train and bus

From Brugg station, you can reach the SBB Historic building on foot in about ten minutes. The way to the exhibition is signposted by large cable reels.

To the SBB timetable

By car

No parking spaces are available at the SBB Historic building. Park your car on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW. For those using navigation devices, please note that the FHNW campus is located on the municipal territory of Windisch.

The FHNW campus Windisch can be easily reached via the A3 motorway:

From Zurich: A3 motorway, Brugg exit
From Bern: A3 motorway, Brugg exit
From Basel: A3 motorway, Frick exit

Calculate route with Google Maps

Accessibility

Getting here

Visitors with reduced mobility may park their vehicle for a short time at the SBB Historic building to set down and pick up. The vehicle must then be parked in the official parking spaces on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW. The SBB Historic building is easily accessible by public transport and can be reached in about 10 minutes on foot from Brugg station. The route to the exhibition is level and signposted.

Exhibition

The special exhibition "People and Machines" is accessible to people with limited mobility. A lift leads to the exhibition rooms.

Wheelchair users: The exhibition is only partially wheelchair-accessible.
Blind and visually impaired: Some objects can be touched by blind and visually impaired people. Assistance dogs are allowed in the exhibition rooms. There is no Braille labelling.
Hearing impaired: The exhibition does not have an induction loop system.
People with intellectual disabilities: There are no inscriptions in simple language

Toilet facilities

There is a disabled WC with barrier-free access.

Contact

You can contact the Museum Aargau advice & sales team from Tuesday to Friday by telephone on 0848 871 200 (9 a.m.–12 midday / 1.30 p.m.–4.30 p.m.) or by e-mail.