Grand Opening: Historical Office Worlds

From the abacus to Curta to Hermes Baby: Discover our new exhibition "Office World" and marvel at historical calculating and typewriting machines, telephone and telegraph devices, and other highlights of office technology.

Program:

• 10:00 – 10:20 AM: Arrival
• 10:20 – 10:30 AM: Welcome by Felix Kunz, President of the ENTER Foundation
• 10:30 – 10:45 AM: Greeting from Matias Rajkay, Board Member of the International Forum for Historical Office World e.V. IFHB
• 10:45 – 11:30 AM: A walk through the past of mechanical computing, lecture by Detlef Zerfowski (IFHB)
• 11:30 – 12:15 PM: Collecting and exhibiting historical office technology, lecture by Felix Kunz, President of the ENTER Foundation
• 12:15 – 1:00 PM: Lunch
• 1:00 – 2:30 PM: Tours (45 min) through the Office World exhibition, time for networking and free museum visit
• 2:30 – 3:15 PM: Swiss typewriters: history and industry, lecture by Dr. Georg Sommeregger, member of SHBS and typewriters.ch
• 3:15 – 5:00 PM: Afternoon snack and free museum visit

Prices:

CHF 30.– (museum entry), CHF 15.– for FME members

CHF 60.– (museum entry including lunch & dessert + 1 drink/coffee), CHF 45.– for FME members