Zurich's Long Night of Museums 2017
Saturday, 2 September 2017, 19:00 to 2:00
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 pagewww.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.