Datasets Catalogue

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194 Datasets

194 datasets

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Chronicles of Swiss post offices

PTT-Archiv
Documents opendata.swiss

Maps of the Swiss post course (1851-1941)

PTT-Archiv
Images opendata.swiss

RTS TV and Radio Broadcasts

Radio Télévision Suisse
Metadata 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

Fonds overview: Federal State since 1848

Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Documents opendata.swiss

Geneva Conventions: Scans of original documents

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 Special Collections (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

Images of ancient shoes

Shoe Museum Lausanne
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

"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

Historical Statistics of Switzerland

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

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