FIFA Museum

• Address: Seestrasse 27, 8002, Zurich, Switzerland
• Phone: +41 43 388 25 00
• E-mail: info@fifamuseum.org
• Website: http://www.fifamuseum.com/
• The area of ​​exhibition halls: 3000 m ²
• Opening date: February 28, 2016
• Working hours: 10.00 - 19.00 (Sunday 9.00 - 18.00, Monday - closed)

An unusual FIFA museum in Zurich was created by the FIFA association to store the most valuable exhibits related to the history of football, and to show how this game continues to unite and inspire its fans. Visiting it, you will learn how the football association was founded as a governing body and how it became world-wide, making this sport one of the most popular on the whole planet.

The pride of one of the most unusual museums in Zurich is the gallery dedicated to the World Cup. Its main exhibit is the prize cup, which is the main award in these competitions. Also, there are many artifacts that tell about the history of this football trophy.

About the museum building

The football museum in Zurich was designed by the famous Swiss architect Werner Stutchelli between 1974 and 1978, but the construction of the building did not begin until April 2013. The exhibition takes up three floors, and in the basement of its customers a sports bar is waiting. On the second floor you can have a good rest by visiting a bistro, a cafe or a shop. For meetings, special conference rooms are provided here.

From the third to the seventh floor of the building there are apartments and offices, and on the eighth and ninth floor for connoisseurs of maximum comfort there is the opportunity to rent a penthouse. Here there are 34 exclusive apartments, the area of ​​which varies from 64 to 125 m ² .

The building is made in high-tech modern style and does not contain excessive decorative elements, differing in maximum ergonomics. The water supply system here is directly connected to the Lake Zurich , which makes it possible to use water as a source of energy for heating the building in winter and cooling it in the summer.

What can you see inside the museum?

If you are interested in football, at the FIFA museum in Zurich , you just begin to run your eyes. It stores approximately 1000 text documents, photographs, pictures and memorable souvenirs from the archives of the Football Association. Among them we note:

• exhibits associated with all football championships, since 1930 (cups, referee notes, etc.);
• cups of women's world football championships, as well as documents telling about the birth and development of this game performed by women;
• historical texts, letters and books related to the game of football and metamorphosis that took place in it throughout the twentieth century;
• T-shirts for participants of football teams representing all 209 member countries of FIFA;
• Photos reflecting how the football championships took place, as well as images of the most interesting moments of the game and the famous football players.

Rules for visiting the museum

Owners of ZurichCARD can expect a 20% discount when paying the price of the entrance ticket. At the same time, you can buy the ticket online and even download its mobile version on your smartphone. Also tickets are available for purchase not only in the museum itself, but also in hotels and even at railway stations in Switzerland . Use them for the entrance you need in a certain two-hour period, for example, from 10 to 12 hours, but getting inside the museum, you can stay there for as long as you want.

Ticket price: adults - 24 Swiss francs, children under 6 years free, children from 7 to 15 years old - 14 CWF, pensioners (weekdays / weekend) - 19/24 CWF, disabled -14 CWF, students - 18 CWF, families (2 adults and 2 children aged 7-15 years) - 64 CWF, groups of children (minimum 10 people) - 12 CWF per person, group of adults (minimum 10 people) - 22 CWF per person, accompanying groups for free.

Reminder for visitors

For the first time visiting the museum of FIFA, it is worth knowing about its most important services, making the stay in the building more comfortable. It:

1. The reception desk is in the lobby. The staff of the museum will be ready to answer any questions interesting you.
2. Toilets, which are on each floor.
3. Dressing tables located on the second basement floor and also the first, second and third floors in the toilets for people with disabilities.
4. Elevators on each floor.
5. Cloakroom. For security reasons, large bags and backpacks are prohibited from carrying into the museum. They are left here for a moderate fee of 1 Swiss franc or 1 euro.
6. Rest zone. It is available in the lobby and directly in the exhibition space on the first basement and first floor.
7. Wash basins with clean drinking water, located in each toilet, as well as a fountain with water on the first floor of the exhibition space.
8. Bar Sportsbar 1904, which is served by well-trained waiters. It is located on the first floor, and its "highlight" are large LCD TVs, on the screens of which sports broadcasts are constantly broadcast. The bar is open from 11.00 to 0.00, and on Sunday from 10.00 to 20.00. You can also grab a bistro in the self-service bistro and a café on the second floor, which serves sandwiches with seasonal vegetables, salads, delicious coffee and special cocktails. From Tuesday to Sunday they work from 10.00 to 19.00, Monday the day off.
9. Shop museum. There is a wide assortment (more than 200 items) of souvenirs, gifts and collectables related to the history of football.
10. Banqueting hall. It is designed for 70 seats. It often marks the exit of a football team to the champions of the league or the end of the playing season, ordering a delicious business lunch.
11. Conference center for various seminars and meetings.
12. Library with computerized work places and a cozy reading area. It contains about 4,000 books, journals and documents relevant to the history of FIFA.
13. The laboratory, which is an interactive learning space for students and schoolchildren. This allows them to better understand the contents of museum exhibitions, and to develop logical thinking.

The best time to visit the museum is Thursday and Friday, when the flow of visitors is less than on weekends. You can view the exhibits in about 2 hours. With dogs, you can not go into the room. In the exhibition space it is also forbidden to drink and eat. But you can shoot on video or take pictures of any exhibition presented here.

How to get to the museum?

To view the museum exposition, you should use one of the following modes of transport:

1. By train. Thus, you will be able to save 10% on the cost of both a ticket and an entrance ticket to the museum. In automatic machines and railway stations, as well as online, for this case you can purchase a combined "SBB RailAway".
2. Tram. To get to the FIFA museum, take the tram 5, 6 or 7 (stop Bahnhof Enge) or to tram 13 or 17 (stop Bahnhof Enge / Bederstasse).
3. City electric train S-Bahn (stop Bahnhof Enge, routes 2, 8, 21, 24).
4. Machine (museum staff recommend using public transport due to lack of own parking, but for the disabled an exception is made).
5. By bus. Exit at the Alfred Escher-Strasse stop, where the museum is no more than 400 m.