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Art education

Zurich's Long Night of Museums – Pour vous

Guided tours September 5, 2026 06:00 pm – 02:00 am

For the Long Night, a diverse program awaits you in the exhibition Mohamed Bourouissa – Pour Noubia: from interactive family tours to a relaxed late-night visit. A special highlight is the live concert with artist Mohamed Bourouissa. Come by—we look forward to seeing you!

Overview



During the Long Night, Bistro Loi will be serving hot meals, refreshing drinks and selected wines until 2 a.m.

Please note: A ticket is required for the Long Night.


Interactive Tour: Experiencing the Museum with All Senses (German Sign Language)

  • Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor
  • Time: 18:00–18:30
  • For: Children with accompanying adults, teenagers, and adults
  • Language: German

Together we explore the exhibition using all our senses: What can we see, hear—and how does the museum smell? We touch hands-on objects related to the exhibition and recreate our favourite artwork. To finish, we paint a small pebble from the exhibition floor to take home as a memory of the Long Night.

Led by: Cynthia Gavranic, Head of Education, and Aina Aliotta, Art Mediator

Interactive Family Tour: Experiencing the Museum with All Senses

  • Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor
  • Time: 19:00–19:30
  • For: Children with accompanying adults, teenagers, and adults
  • Language: English

Together we explore the exhibition using all our senses: What can we see, hear—and how does the museum smell? We touch hands-on objects related to the exhibition and recreate our favourite artwork. To finish, we paint a small pebble from the exhibition floor to take home as a memory of the Long Night.

Led by: Cynthia Gavranic and Aina Aliotta

Storytelling Tour with ExpoTranskultur – Art and Empathy

  • Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor
  • Time: 20:00–20:30
  • For: Everyone
  • Languages: German / English / Arabic / Spanish / Kurmanji

This tour with the intercultural association ExpoTranskultur offers a personal way through the exhibition. Based on the project Found in Translation: translating migratory experiences into art, authors read their stories about migration in their own languages—with written translations. Together, we explore the memories, emotions and thoughts that shape migration experiences. A space for encounter, understanding and empathy is created.

A collaboration between the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, the Migros Engagement program ici. here together, and the Zurich-based association ExpoTranskultur. ExpoTranskultur is part of the ici community.

Concert by Mohamed Bourouissa

  • Meeting point: Caring Space, ground floor
  • Time: 21:00–22:00
  • For: Everyone

A special highlight of this year’s Long Night of Museums is a live concert by artist Mohamed Bourouissa, whose practice extends beyond visual art into music. Together with musician and multidisciplinary artist Charbel Haber, he will present new musical material live and exclusively for the first time.

Musicians: Mohamed Bourouissa and Charbel Haber

Dialogical Tour: Art, Memory and Power

  • Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor
  • Time: 22:00–22:30
  • For: Everyone
  • Language: German

In this reflective tour, Aina Rea Aliotta invites participants into a dialogue on belonging, memory and power. Mohamed Bourouissa’s works encourage us to question our own perspectives and to discover new viewpoints on art and society.

Led by: Aina Rea Aliotta, Art Mediator and Anti-Discrimination Expert

Highlights Tour

  • Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor
  • Time: 23:00–23:30
  • For: Everyone
  • Language: German

Ready for the highlights of the exhibition? In this tour, we explore selected works, key themes and fascinating background stories in conversation with the art mediators. A space is created for questions, exchange and fresh perspectives on art.

Led by: Kerstin Wittenberg, Art Mediator

Highlights Tour

  • Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor
  • Time: 00:00–00:30
  • For: Everyone
  • Language: English

Ready for the highlights of the exhibition? In this tour, we explore selected works, key themes and fascinating background stories in conversation with the art mediators. A space is created for questions, exchange and fresh perspectives on art.

Led by: Mario Espinoza, Art Mediator

Late-Night Tour – Slow Art

  • Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor
  • Time: 01:00–01:30
  • For: Everyone
  • Languages: English / German

In this late-night Slow Art tour, we take time for just a few works. We look closely and share our personal impressions. Moving slowly across the large gravel floor, we become aware of our bodies and our breath. A calming and decelerated conclusion to an eventful night.

Led by: Cynthia Gavranic, Head of Education

Today open from 11:00 am until 06:00 pm