Offers for Adults
Fotomuseum Winterthur and Fotostiftung Schweiz have varied offerings for adults, allowing them to discover the current exhibitions, the analogue photo laboratory and more. Every Wednesday and Sunday, we take turns with Fotostiftung Schweiz in holding guided tours supplying plenty of background information on the current exhibitions. In addition, special guided tours with artists, curators and other experts give a specific insight into our current exhibitions. If you’d rather be creatively active creative yourself, we recommend our workshops. Take a look at our education programme and join us in discovering and discussing the photographic. To make sure you don’t miss anything, take a look at our calendar and subscribe to the newsletter.
We offer guided tours of the current exhibitions once a week. The guided tours provide an in-depth insight into the photographers on display and the content discussed.
The guided tours take place on Sundays at 11:30 (unless other events are taking place at the same time). They are included in the admission to the exhibitions and are therefore free of charge. Please find an overview of all guided tours on our event overview page.
Workshop: Cyanotype – The Classic Blueprint Process
In this workshop, participants immerse themselves in the historic fine printing process cyanotype, which still inspires today. John Herschel developed this unique technique in 1842 in an attempt to find a method to produce durable photographic images. Participants are introduced to the process and later expose and develop their own motif. Tips and tricks make it possible to alienate or colour the images.
The workshop requires a digital negative – either a scanned negative or a digitally inverted photograph. Participants will be contacted in advance by email and asked to send in such a digital negative or a normal digital image, which will then be processed by the workshop leader. Black and white images with clear contrast gradations are best suited, fine grey gradients are only roughly reproduced.
Age: from 16 years, no previous knowledge necessary
Duration: 4.5 hours
Educator: Ueli Alder, photographer and artist
Costs: CHF 150.– per person
Note: This workshop requires a minimum of five registered participants and is limited to a maximum of eight people.
Registration deadline: one week before the event
This workshop takes place in German.
Upcoming dates
Cyanotype – The Classic Blueprint Process
Saturday, 25.02.2023, 09:30–14:00
Cyanotype – The Classic Blueprint Process
Saturday, 10.06.2023, 09:30–14:00
Cyanotype – The Classic Blueprint Process
Saturday, 07.10.2023, 09:30–14:00
Workshop: Photogram – Creating with Light
Light reflections, shadow plays, pin sharp silhouettes and superimpositions: Photograms are images that are created in the darkroom without a camera. All that is needed is light, photographic paper and liquids to develop the images. With the help of creative ideas and different materials such as figurines, stencils or various objects interesting image compositions are created.
Age: from 16 years, no previous knowledge necessary
Duration: 2.5 hours
Costs: CHF 55.– per person
Note: This workshop requires a minimum of five registered participants and is limited to a maximum of twelve people, based on the space available in the photo lab.
Registration deadline: one week before the event
This workshop takes place in German.
Upcoming dates
Photogram – Creating with Light
Sunday, 12.02.2023, 14:00–16:30
Photogram – Creating with Light
Sunday, 16.04.2023, 14:00–16:30
Workshop: Camera Obscura – Back to the Origins of Photography
In this workshop, participants will explore the phenomenon of the camera obscura. They will experiment with pinhole cameras and expose their own motifs in the surroundings of Fotomuseum Winterthur, which will then be developed in the black-and-white photo lab. The resulting negatives and positives are theirs to take home with them.
Age: from 16 years, no previous knowledge necessary
Duration: 2.5 hours
Costs: CHF 55.– per person
Note: This workshop requires a minimum of five registered participants and is limited to a maximum of twelve people, based on the space available in the photo lab.
Registration deadline: one week before the event
This workshop takes place in German.
Upcoming dates
Camera Obscura – Back to the Origins of Photography
Sunday, 19.03.2023, 14:00–16:30
Camera Obscura – Back to the Origins of Photography
Sunday, 18.06.2023, 14:00–16:30
Photo Stories: An Offer for People with Dementia and Their Relatives
This event encourages people with dementia to creatively engage with photography and storytelling. Instead of relying on memory, the focus is on imagination that knows no right or wrong. Skills – often believed to be lost – are made visible and audible during the museum visit. In addition, this method stimulates communication between participants and relatives. Difficulties in remembering and word finding disorder are considered positive and not a barrier to participation.
Information and registration: vermittlung@fotozentrum.ch or T +41 52 234 10 69
For more detailed information, please consult the German-language version of this page.