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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  • Archive Adolf Pochon

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Watercolours from the hand of Adolf Pochon. They show Swiss uniforms from all cantons and of soldiers in foreign service. They depict uniforms from 1703 (Swiss garrison in French...

    Last updated: July 13, 2020

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  • Handschriften Rainer Maria Rilke

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875 in Prag geboren, 1926 in der Schweiz gestorben, zählt zu den bedeutendsten Dichtern der literarischen Moderne. Sein Werk umfasst vor allem Lyrik, aber auch...

    Last updated: July 16, 2020

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  • Manuskripte Friedrich Glauser

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Friedrich Glauser, geboren 1896 in Wien, gestorben in Nervi bei Genua am 8.12.1938, gehört neben Robert Walser zu den massgeblichen und weiterhin stark rezipierten Schweizer...

    Last updated: July 13, 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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    • buildings
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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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  • Bildersammlung Annemarie Schwarzenbach

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Annemarie Schwarzenbach, 1908 in Zürich geboren, 1942 in Sils gestorben, gehört zu den herausragenden Schweizer Reporterinnen der 1930er und 1940er Jahre. Sie bezeichnete sich...

    Last updated: July 16, 2020

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  • Autographensammlung Hans Rhyn

    Swiss National Library NL
    Education, culture and sport

    Der aus Langenthal stammende Berner Schriftsteller, Germanist und Lehrer Hans Rhyn (1888–1967) sammelte über Jahrzehnte Handschriften von Wissenschaftler/innen, Künstler/innen und...

    Last updated: July 13, 2020

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