North American Native Museum
The North American Native Museum, or Nordamerika Native Museum, is a museum run by the City of Zurich, Switzerland. The museum specializes in the conservation, documentation, and presentation of ethnographic objects and artwork of Native American, First Nation, and Inuit cultures.Photo: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Saturday: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Zurich (Switzerland)
- Also known as: “Nordamerika Native Museum NONAM” and “North America Native Museum”
- Address: Seefeldstrasse 317, Zürich, 8008
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tiefenbrunnen and Burghölzli.
Tiefenbrunnen
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Zürich Tiefenbrunnen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss city of Zurich. It is located on the Lake Zurich right bank railway line, and is situated on the shore of Lake Zürich, in the Seefeld quarter of the city, on the border between fare zones 110 and 140 of ZVV. Tiefenbrunnen is situated 470 metres northwest of North American Native Museum.
Burghölzli
Clinic
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burghölzli, named after the wooded hill in the district of Riesbach in southeastern Zürich where it is located, is the Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, a psychiatric hospital in Switzerland. Burghölzli is situated 800 metres northeast of North American Native Museum.
Mahmood Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mahmood Mosque, situated in Forchstrasse, Zurich, is the first purpose-built mosque in Switzerland. It is owned and run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Mahmood Mosque is situated 1¼ km northeast of North American Native Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riesbach and Zollikon.
Riesbach
Suburb
Riesbach is District 8 of the Swiss city of Zürich and comprises the quarters Seefeld, Mühlebach and Weinegg. It was formerly an independent municipality on the eastern shore of Lake Zürich and was incorporated into the city in 1893.
Zollikon
Town
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zollikon is a municipality in Meilen District in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland known for being one of Switzerland's most exclusive districts. Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of Lake Zurich, the municipality also includes Zollikerberg, at a higher elevation on the road from Zürich to Forch.
Hirslanden
Suburb
Hirslanden is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 7,648 distributed on an area of 2.187 km2.
North American Native Museum
- Categories: ethnographic museum, memory institution, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Zollikon, Meilen District, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.34702° or 47° 20′ 49″ northLongitude
8.56561° or 8° 33′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8FVC8HW8+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 88798224OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1997549
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“North American Native Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Nordamerika Native Museum”
- German: “NONAM Nordamerika Native Museum”
- German: “NONAM, Nordamerika Native Museum - Indianer und Inuit Kulturen”
- German: “Nonam”
- German: “Nordamerika Native Museum - Indianer und Inuit Kulturen”
- German: “Nordamerika Native Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brunnen Chüpliweg Zürich and Wassersportzentrum Zürich (WZT).
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