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Opening hours Christmas/New Year 2026/2027

Thursday, 24 December 2026, 10 am–2 pm
Friday, 25 December 2026, closed
Saturday, 26 December 2026, 10 am–5 pm
Thursday, 31 December 2026, 10 am–2 pm
Friday, 1 January 2027, 1 pm–5 pm
Saturday, 2 January 2027, 10 am–5 pm

Visit the Bourbaki Panorama!

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113 metres long. 9 metres high. And you, right in the middle. Discover the Bourbaki Panorama in our film.

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Bourbaki Comic: «Die Bourbakis – Das Kreuz der Hoffnung»

To mark its 160th anniversary, the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) has published a comic book about the internment of the Bourbaki Army. Available in German and French, it can be picked up directly at the museum. From January to April, our cabinet exhibition offers insights into the original drawings and the making of the comic.

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For Families & Kids

Explore the huge hidden object picture with the puzzle game or the tablet app. Intergenerational ticket from CHF 26.

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Panorama as medium

As a form of art, the panorama painting is actually a part of a long tradition which can be seen throughout all epochs of art history. The most important element of this art form is illusion. There are many ways to create illusion.

Become a member

The Bourbaki Panorama Lucerne Association ensures the preservation of the panoramic painting. Become a member and help to preserve this European cultural monument.

Association Bourbaki Panorama Lucerne

360° Art, History, Illusion

A painting so vast you can walk inside it: the Bourbaki Panorama is a 113-metre-long and 9-metre-high circular painting dating from 1881 and a European cultural monument. Standing on the viewing platform, you find yourself in the winter of 1871, when 87,000 exhausted French soldiers sought refuge in Switzerland. Paintings, figures and real objects merge to create an illusion: virtual reality from the era before the cinema.

For families, culture lovers, school groups and visitors from all over the world: discover a 360° oil painting, personal stories and a message of peace that remains relevant to this day.

Open daily, right next to the Lion Monument.

April to October daily 10 am to 6 pm
November to March daily 10 am to 5 pm

Bourbaki Panorama
Löwenplatz 11
CH–6004 Luzern
T +41 41 412 30 30
info@bourbakipanorama.ch

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