The Federal Office of Culture (FOC) is the expert authority of the Swiss Confederation for cultural policy, cultural promotion, and the preservation of culture. It supports cultural work (art, film), manages museums and collections, promotes cultural heritage and encourages cultural education.

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  • Swiss Book (2001 - )

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    The Swiss Book is the National Bibliography of Switzerland and is compiled, edited and published by the Swiss National Library (NL). The Swiss Book indexes Swiss publishing output...

    Last updated: July 16, 2020

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  • The Gugelmann Collection (Schweizer Kleinmeister)

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Since 1982, the Swiss National Library (NL) has been home to the Gugelmann Collection, a large group of works by the Schweizer Kleinmeister - Swiss 18th century masters - assembled...

    Last updated: July 11, 2023

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  • Digitised publications

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    The digitized collections available through this portal include over 8,500 books in PDF format with integrated optical character recognition. These texts are available worldwide...

    Last updated: July 17, 2020

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  • Max van Berchem image collection

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Born in Geneva in 1863, Max van Berchem was an Orientalist, specialist in Islamic archaeology and photographer. He travelled to Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Turkey to carry out...

    Last updated: October 5, 2020

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  • Eduard Spelterini image collection

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Between 1890 and 1910 Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931) undertook a number of travels by balloon over Switzerland and other countries. While doing this, he took photographs from...

    Last updated: February 2, 2016

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