Thun-Panorama: The circular painting by Marquard Wocher

Thun-Panorama: Das Rundbild von Marquard Wocher
This exhibition is available in
German
Rich in detail, this picture takes a look at everyday life in Thun 200 years ago and, with its countless stories, becomes a hidden object picture for young and old alike.
The Basel artist Marquard Wocher created the first panorama of Switzerland in 1814. Fascinated by the Bernese Oberland, he designed a 38-metre-long circular painting of the small town of Thun and its surroundings, with views as far as the Bernese Oberland Alps. Rich in detail, this picture takes a look at everyday life in Thun 200 years ago and, with its countless stories, becomes a hidden object for young and old alike. Today, the panorama is the oldest circular picture in the world and is a deposit of the Gottfried Keller Foundation.

In the 2026 season, we are offering various special tours of the panorama painting by Marquard Wocher.

CHF 9.00 / 8.00
Children / young people up to 16 years, school classes and teachers: free of charge

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Address
Hofstettenstrasse 14
CH-3602
Thun
+41 33 225 84 20
Opening hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 11:00-17:00
Events in this museum
Soldier, 2008, Credits: Sammlung des Künstlers
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Tour of the exhibition with Helen Hirsch (Director). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people up to 16 years, school classes and teachers: free of charge

Kunst zum Zmittag
Event

Short, low-threshold art viewing in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments at Café Thunerhof. With Adrien Rihs (art mediator). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people ...

Soldier, 2008, Credits: Sammlung des Künstlers
Event

Dialogic tour through the exhibition with Miriam Margani (communication) and Julia Nydegger (permaculture practitioner). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people up to 16 years ...

Thun-Panorama: Das Rundbild von Marquard Wocher
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Many children can be seen in Wocher's panoramic picture, mostly playing. But what was everyday life as a child really like back then? What did it mean to be a child? Was there such a thing as a ...

Kunst zum Zmittag
Event

Short, low-threshold art viewing in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments at Café Thunerhof. With Adrien Rihs (art mediator). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people ...

Soldier, 2008, Credits: Sammlung des Künstlers
Event

Tour of the exhibition with Helen Hirsch (Director) and Stefanie Hoch (Deputy Director and Curator Kunstmuseum Thurgau). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people up to 16 years ...

Thun-Panorama: Das Rundbild von Marquard Wocher
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The region around Lake Thun and the Bernese Oberland developed into an important center of tourism around the middle of the 19th century. This development began in the 18th century, with Thun becoming ...

Kunst zum Zmittag
Event

Short, low-threshold art viewing in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments at Café Thunerhof. With Adrien Rihs (art mediator). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people ...

Kunst zum Zmittag
Event

Short, low-threshold art viewing in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments at Café Thunerhof. With Adrien Rihs (art mediator). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people ...

Kunst zum Zmittag
Event

Short, low-threshold art viewing in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments at Café Thunerhof. With Adrien Rihs (art mediator). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people ...

Kunst zum Zmittag
Event

Short, low-threshold art viewing in the current exhibition. Followed by refreshments at Café Thunerhof. With Adrien Rihs (art mediator). Admission incl. tour: CHF 10.00 / 8.00 Children / young people ...