Events

Sun, 8. March 2026, 13:00 Uhr

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Guided Tours

Another Women's Exhibition?!

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To mark International Women’s Day, curators Madleina Deplazes, Michèle Dick, Teresa Gruber and Katharina Rippstein will be giving a guided tour of the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives. The tour provides insight into archival work, addressing breaks in the biographies of female photographers and gaps in the collection of Fotostiftung Schweiz. Why is such an examination relevant, and what does it have to do with the photographic canon? In German.

This guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)

Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).

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Sun, 29. March 2026, 13:00 Uhr

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Guided Tours

Careers and Children – Archives as a Reflection of the Lived Realities of Women Photographers

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In this tour, curator Madleina Deplazes guides visitors through the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives. and discusses how education, working conditions, family obligations and social conditions shaped the careers of female photographers. She also explains how these realities of life have been recorded in the archives. In German.

The guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)

Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).

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Sun, 12. April 2026, 13:00 Uhr

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Events

Margrit Aschwanden – Between the Family Business and Female Authorship

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As part of the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives., curator Michèle Dick engages in a dialogue-based tour of the exhibition with Verena Aschwanden, niece of Margrit Aschwanden (1913–2004), photographer and managing director of Foto Aschwanden until 2010. How did Margrit Aschwanden balance her roles in the family business and as an artistic author, and what influence did society and family have on her work? The tour is in German.

This event is subject to a fee ➔Tickets available here!

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Fri, 8. May 2026, 14:00 Uhr

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Events

In)Visibilities – Perspectives on Working with Women’s Archives

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As part of the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives., Fotostiftung Schweiz invites you to an afternoon of lectures and discussions with three experts. Lina Gafner, director of the Gosteli Archive, will talk about the (in)visibility of women in archives and the commitment of the Gosteli Archive. Nathalie Dimic, photo historian and curator, will summarise findings from her research on the professional history of female photographers. Bettina Richter, curator of the poster collection at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, will address the gender gap in museum collections and the challenges facing female exhibition organisers. In German.

Afterwards, the speakers will discuss the common ground between their presentations and their relevance to the exhibition in a moderated panel discussion.

This event is subject to a fee ➔Tickets available here!

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Sun, 24. May 2026, 13:00 Uhr

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Guided Tours

Gertrud Dübi-Müller and Marie Ottomann-Rothacher – Women Photographers on Both Sides of the Camera

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Curator Katharina Rippstein guides visitors through the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives. and introduces photographers Gertrud Dübi-Müller (1888–1980) and Marie Ottomann-Rothacher (1916–2002). Dübi-Müller portrayed the painters Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet and documented mountain tours, social life and the occupation of the border in 1914. After completing her training, Ottomann-Rothacher worked in photo studios, photographed reports for Pro Juventute on weekends and captured her family life on film. In German.

The guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)

Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).

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Sun, 7. June 2026, 13:00 Uhr

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Guided Tours

Women Amateurs, Apprentices and Artisans – Paths to Photography

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Curator Teresa Gruber guides visitors through the exhibition Female. Focus. Photo Archives.. She shows how different the female photographers’ approaches to their work were: some took up photography as a challenging leisure activity, while others earned their living from it. In German.

The guided tour is free.
Admission to the exhibition: CHF 14.– (reduced CHF 12.–)

Limited number of places. Participants can register for the tour at the ticket desk (at the earliest 30 minutes before the tour starts).

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