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VSJF-Refugees Migration 1898-1975
Archiv für Zeitgeschichte, ETH Zürich
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Historical Photographs of Wetzikon
Archiv Ortsgeschichte Wetzikon
Images
opendata.swiss
Photos of the Canton of Jura 1892-1932 by Eugène Cattin
Archives cantonales jurassiennes
Images
opendata.swiss
Selection of photographs collected by the archaeologist Albert Naef
Archives cantonales vaudoises
Images
opendata.swiss
Metadata from the Valais Archive
Archives de l'Etat du Valais
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Digitized offical documents of the City of Geneva
Archives de la Ville de Genève
Documents
opendata.swiss
Letters to and from the Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève (1900-1952)
Archives de la Ville de Genève
Letters
opendata.swiss
Bibliographical Data Of The Alexandria Library Network
Bibliothek am Guisanplatz BiG
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Books Digitized By The "EBooks On Demand"-Service Of The Alexandria Library Network
Bibliothek am Guisanplatz BiG
Documents
opendata.swiss
Glass plates from the Zug Library
Bibliothek Zug
Images
zenodo
Postcard collection from the Zug Library
Bibliothek Zug
Images
zenodo
Zug Television
Bibliothek Zug
Videos
zenodo
Catalogue d'une collection de manuscrits orientaux apportés de l'Inde en 1788
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne BCUL
Documents
patrinum
Livre de textes bouddhiques : les vertus de faire un don (Thu Sa Ga)
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne BCUL
Documents
patrinum
Personnalités Vaudoises
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne BCUL
Metadata
patrinum
Photographs of Contemporary Musicians of the Canton of Vaud
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne BCUL
Images
opendata.swiss
Textes religieux et correspondance en tamoul
Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne BCUL
Documents
patrinum
Images from the "Exposition Nationale" in Geneva in 1896
Bibliothèque de Genève
Images
opendata.swiss
Statistics on films cinemas in Switzerland
Bundesamt für Statistik BFS
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Inventory of Historical Traffic Routes in Switzerland
Bundesamt für Strassen
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Swiss Photography Metadata
Büro für Fotografiegeschichte Bern
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Journaux numérisés de l'Église catholique-chrétienne de la Suisse 1873-2016
Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz
Documents
opendata.swiss
Protokolle der Kirchgemeinde Aarau, Lenzburg und Basel 1803-1924
Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz
Documents
opendata.swiss
Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland 1945-1972
Dodis
Documents
opendata.swiss
Images and Metadata of the Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
e-codices (multiple swiss libraries)
Documents
opendata.swiss
e-manuscripta.ch, the digital platform for manuscript material from Swiss libraries and archives
e-manuscripta (multiple swiss libraries)
Documents
opendata.swiss
e-rara.ch, the platform for digitized rare books from Swiss libraries
e-rara (multiple swiss libraries)
Documents
opendata.swiss
Annotated references from journal issues and monographs on the history of Venice
EPFL - DHLAB
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Citations extracted from monographs about the history of Venice
EPFL - DHLAB
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Metadata of the Montreux Jazz Festival Concerts
EPFL - Montreux Jazz Digital Project
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Photographs of Items from the Musée Bolo's Collection
EPFL - Musée Bolo
Images
opendata.swiss
API for direct access to ETH Library's resources
ETH Bibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
C. G. Jung Correspondence (metadata)
ETH Bibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Collection of Scientific Instruments and Teaching Aids
ETH Bibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Correspondence Thomas Mann (metadata)
ETH Bibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Max Frisch primary literature (sample query)
ETH Bibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Media on Wikimedia Commons contributed by ETH Library
ETH Bibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Photographs by Documenta Natura (1987-2010)
ETH Bibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Photographs of Thomas Mann
ETH Bibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Photos by the Swiss photographer, pilot and aviation pioneer Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937)
ETH Bibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Photos from the Max Frisch Archive
ETH Bibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Productions of Max Frisch plays since 1945
ETH Bibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Thomas Mann secondary literature (sample query)
ETH Bibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Sound & Metadata from the Gramophone Collection
Fonoteca nazionale svizzera
Sound
opendata.swiss
Stereoscopic Photographs by Heinrich Sallenbach
Fotostiftung Schweiz
images
glamhack2026
opendata.swiss
Book: Rolle and its former district
Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK
Documents
opendata.swiss
Metadata of the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Photographs of Items from the Museum's Collection
Historisches Museum Basel
Images
opendata.swiss
Ehrenreich Collection Database (Opera artists and composers)
Hochschule der Künste Bern
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Jean-Jacques Rousseau : Collection complète des oeuvres
Infoclio
Documents
opendata.swiss
Swiss Institutions and Online Ressources for the Historical Sciences
Infoclio
Metadata
opendata.swiss
International Telecommunication Union History Portal Metadata
International Telecommunication Union ITU
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Bibliographic data of IUCN's publications and grey literature
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Inventory of Historical Monuments (Canton of Zurich)
Kanton Zürich - Denkmalpflege
Metadata
opendata.swiss
19th-century decisions of the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich
Kanton Zürich - Staatsarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Marriage database for the Canton of Zurich
Kanton Zürich - Staatsarchiv
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Members of the Cantonal Council since 1917
Kanton Zürich - Staatsarchiv
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Archives of the cantonal and federal votation results since 1831
Kanton Zürich - Statistik
Metadata
opendata.swiss
List of all Exhibitions at Kunsthaus Zürich
Kunsthaus Zürich
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Journal de Genève / Gazette de Lausanne (1914)
Le Temps Historical Archive
Documents
opendata.swiss
Photographs of Valais by Charles Rieder (1890-1910
Mediathèque Valais - Martigny
Images
opendata.swiss
Recordings about Valais life by Basile Tabin (1957-1994)
Mediathèque Valais - Martigny
Sound
opendata.swiss
Metadata of Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève (MEG) collections
Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève (MEG)
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Collection of fish fossils created by Louis Agassiz (images on Wikimedia Commons)
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel
Images
wikimedia commons
Entomological Collection - occurrence dataset
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel
Metadata
gbif
Europa Collection
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Fotos im Archiv von Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003) im Museum Rietberg
Museum Rietberg
Images
opendata.swiss
Objekte im Archiv von Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003) im Museum Rietberg
Museum Rietberg
Images
opendata.swiss
Patolu - Indische Textilien aus der Sammlung des Museums Rietberg
Museum Rietberg
Images
opendata.swiss
Photographs in the Collection of Museum Rietberg on Wikimedia Commons
Museum Rietberg
Images
wikimedia commons
Arachnological Collection - occurrence dataset
Naturhistorisches Museum Bern
Metadata
gbif
Invertebrate Collection - occurrence dataset
Naturhistorisches Museum Bern
Metadata
gbif
Swiss GLAM Inventory
OpenGLAM CH
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Ticino literary map (mappa letteraria)
Osservatorio Culturale del Cantone Ticino
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Digitized Images from Old Books about Africa
PARC - Portal for African Research Collections
Images
opendata.swiss
Metadata of PARC - Portal for African Research Collections
PARC - Portal for African Research Collections
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Plazi TreatmentBank (repository of the world's species)
Plazi
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Chronicles of Swiss post offices
PTT-Archiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Maps of the Swiss post course (1851-1941)
PTT-Archiv
Images
opendata.swiss
Postcards with Swiss "Postauto" (bus for public transportation)
PTT-Archiv
Images
opendata.swiss
RTS TV and Radio Broadcasts
Radio Télévision Suisse
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Historical Photographs from the Album „A tire d’aile par le saint Gothard“ (approx. 1892)
SBB Historic
Images
opendata.swiss
Historical Photographs of Protective Structures along the Gotthard Railway Line (1911-1935)
SBB Historic
Images
opendata.swiss
Photos of Historical Railway Bridges (ca. 1882-1966)
SBB Historic
Images
opendata.swiss
Photos of the Construction of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel
SBB Historic
Images
opendata.swiss
Swiss Theatre Metadata
Schweizer Archiv der Darstellenden Künste (SAPA)
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Aerial Photographs by Eduard Spelterini
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Archiv Photoglob-Wehrli
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Archive Adolf Pochon
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Documents
opendata.swiss
Autographensammlung Hans Rhyn
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Documents
opendata.swiss
Bibliography on Swiss History
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Digitised Collections of the Swiss National Library
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Documents
opendata.swiss
Gugelmann Collection
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
ISplus Swiss (G)LAM Inventory
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Manuskripte Friedrich Glauser
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Documents
opendata.swiss
Photo Collection Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Photo collection Max van Berchem
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Images
opendata.swiss
Swiss Book (2001-)
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Swiss Rainer Maria Rilke Archive
Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
Documents
opendata.swiss
Public Domain Music Recordings and Metadata
Schweizerische Stiftung Public Domain
Sound
opendata.swiss
Archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Carl Durheim’s police photographs of stateless persons
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Images
opendata.swiss
Federal consultations 1960-1991
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Finding aids of ETH Zurich University Archives within the Archives Portal Europe (APE)
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Fonds overview: Federal State since 1848
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Geneva Conventions: Scans of original documents
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Historical Photograph Collection: "Active Service in the World War I (1914-1918)"
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Images
opendata.swiss
State financial statements / federal budget: receipts and expenditure of the Confederation for the previous and following year (1848-2003)
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
The Stapfer-Enquête: schooling in Switzerland 1799
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Historical Photos «Vues de la suisse» by Adolphe Braun & Cie.
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Archeological Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Carriages, Sledges, & Vehicles Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Ceramics & Glass Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Numismatics & Seals Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Paintings & Sculptures Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Precious & Non-ferrous Metals Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Special Collections (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Technology & Traditions Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Representative sample from the Weapons & Uniforms Collection (images and metadata)
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Images
opendata.swiss
Historical Photos of the Swiss Wandervogel Youth Group Chapter
Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Images
opendata.swiss
Image archive of the Lebensmittelverein Zürich (LVZ, later part of Coop)
Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Images
opendata.swiss
Photo Archives of Schweizerisches Arbeiterhilfswerk (SAH)/Oeuvre suisse d'entraide ouvrière (OSEO)/Solidar Suisse
Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
Images
opendata.swiss
Images of ancient shoes
Shoe Museum Lausanne
Images
opendata.swiss
>500 artworks from the photo archive of SIK-ISEA
SIK-ISEA
Images
opendata.swiss
Artist data from the SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland
SIK-ISEA
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Image and metadata of about 400 artistic works by the sculptor, painter and draftswoman Eva Aeppli (1925-2015)
SIK-ISEA
Images
opendata.swiss
Historical Photographs of the City of Zurich (1870-1900)
Stadt Zürich - Denkmalpflege
Images
opendata.swiss
Photographs and views from City of Zurich around 1910
Stadt Zürich - Denkmalpflege
Images
opendata.swiss
Photographs and views from Zurich's Stadhausplatz
Stadt Zürich - Denkmalpflege
Images
opendata.swiss
Art in the Urban Space
Stadt Zürich - Fachstelle Kunst im öffentlichen Raum
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Inventory of classified Gardens and Parks
Stadt Zürich - Grün Stadt Zürich
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Cinema locations between 1907 and 2018
Stadt Zürich - Stadtarchiv
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Historical Photographs of Forrestry in the Sihlwald, 1878-1962
Stadt Zürich - Stadtarchiv
Images
opendata.swiss
Pfarrbücher (register of births, deaths, christenings and marriages) 1708-1762
Stadt Zürich - Stadtarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Schauspielhaus Zürich Repertoire of Theatre and other Productions, 1938-1968
Stadt Zürich - Stadtarchiv
Metadata
opendata.swiss
"Zurich 1799" Publication Data (collection of texts, images, maps and geo data)
Stadt Zürich - Stadtentwicklung
Mixed
opendata.swiss
Images in the archive of the city of Baden, Switzerland
Stadtarchiv Baden
Images
opendata.swiss
Medieval Manuscripts
Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen
Documents
opendata.swiss
21st Century Swiss video games
Swiss Game Developers Association (with help from School of Data Switzerland)
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Swiss National Amphibia Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Apoidea Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Bat Databank: Regional Coordination Eastern Switzerland (KOF) - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Bat Databank: Regional Coordination Western Switzerland (CCO) - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Bryophyte Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Butterflies and Forester Moths Databank (Checklist) - checklist dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Butterflies and Forester Moths Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Cicadidae Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Coleoptera Databank (Checklist) - checklist dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Coleoptera Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Databank of Green Algae (Characeae) - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Databank of Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddiesflies - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Databank of Vascular Plants - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Decapoda Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Diplopoda Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Dragonflies Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Fish Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Fungi Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Grasshoppers Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Lichens Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Mammal Databank: Larger Carnivores Monitoring Program (KORA) - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Mammal Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Mollusca Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Moths Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Owlflies Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Spider Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss National Vespoidea Databank - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss Occurrence Records of Native Species of Various Faunal Groups - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss Occurrence Records of Non-Native Species of Various Faunal Groups - occurrence dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Swiss Species Occurrence Data for Controlled Access by Valpar.ch and SwissCatchment, v1 - metadata dataset
Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres - InfoSpecies
Metadata
gbif
Metadata of swisscollections, the gateway to historical and modern collections in Swiss libraries and archives
swisscollections
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Historical Statistics of Switzerland
Universität Zürich
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Latin abbreviations contained in Cappelli’s Lexicon Abbreviaturarum
Universität Zürich
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Digitized rare books in the Basel University Library
Universitätsbibliothek Basel
Documents
opendata.swiss
Historical maps in the collection of the Basel University Library
Universitätsbibliothek Basel
Documents
opendata.swiss
Medieval manuscripts
Universitätsbibliothek Basel
Documents
opendata.swiss
Photos of medical instruments
Université de Lausanne
Images
wikimedia commons
Herbarium of the University of Neuchâtel
Université de Neuchâtel
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Historical Photographs of the City of Uster by Julius Gujer (1893-1909)
Uster Stadtarchiv
Images
opendata.swiss
Municipal elections and votes in Uster 1966-2016
Uster Stadtarchiv
Documents
opendata.swiss
Sukkulentensammlung Zürich - occurrence dataset
Vereinigte Herbarien der Universität und ETH Zürich
Metadata
gbif
United Herbaria of the University and ETH Zurich - occurrence dataset (with images)
Vereinigte Herbarien der Universität und ETH Zürich
Metadata
gbif
Basic descriptive bibliographic and usage data of Lucernense collections 17.-21. century
Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Bridge images Hofbrücke Lucerne
Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
Images
zenodo
Image material from the ZHB Lucerne Special Collection
Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
Images
zenodo
Journals from Central Switzerland
Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
Documents
zenodo
Portrait gallery of curious Lucerne residents
Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
Images
zenodo
Ernst Klöti Slides collection
Zentralbibliothek Solothurn
Images
opendata.swiss
Medieval manuscripts
Zentralbibliothek Solothurn
Documents
opendata.swiss
Prints and Drawings
Zentralbibliothek Solothurn
Images
opendata.swiss
Early modern travel literature
Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Documents
opendata.swiss
Maps from the collection “Magnificent Atlases” with title cartouches
Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Documents
opendata.swiss
Photographs from Robert Breitinger
Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Images
opendata.swiss
Promptuarium Genealogicum by Carl Keller-Escher
Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Metadata
opendata.swiss
Zurich Overnight Visitor Logs ("Nachtzedel")
Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Metadata
opendata.swiss