Exhibitions

Since 1956, the Thomas Mann Archive has preserved the personal papers of Thomas Mann, author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. To mark the relocation of the archive to the ETH main building, a new permanent exhibition was opened in 2023.

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The Furnishings of a Writer. Thomas Mann and his study

Permanent exhibition
from 1 March 2023
ETH main building, E 43

The newly designed permanent exhibition revolves around Thomas Mann’s famous desk, which accompanied him into exile. Together with his private library and numerous objects from different cultures, it provided the creative environment and conditions required for Mann’s work. How did the author, who lived out his final years in Switzerland, go about his work? What tools and habits shaped his writing process? What was his working day and family life like, and how did this fit around his writing? The exhibition explores these questions.

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Permanent exhibition "The Furnishings of a Writer. Thomas Mann and his study" Photo: ETH Zurich / Frank Blaser

 

Thomas Mann Archive in the main building

ETH main building, Rämistrasse 101,
8092 Zurich, Rooms: E 43–46

Opening hours
Monday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Accessibility

Access to the exhibitions in the ETH Zurich main building

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