Museum Bärengasse, Museum in the City district, Zürich, Switzerland
Museum Bärengasse comprises two connected four-story buildings called Schanzenhof and Zur Weltkugel dating from the 17th century, located in Zurich's old town. The ground and first floors house a young literature laboratory, while the upper levels serve educational programs.
The buildings were relocated approximately 65 meters from their original location on Talstrasse during the 1970s to protect them from urban development projects. From 1976 to 2008, they functioned as part of the Swiss National Museum, displaying exhibitions about residential culture.
Since autumn 2015 the ground floor and first floor have housed the Junge Literaturlabor (JULL), where young people write and present their texts on a permanent reading stage in the public foyer. The building is also known as Haus zur Weltkugel, and the upper floors are used by the Volkshochschule Zürich.
The building is not in the old town but in the City district near Paradeplatz, and it is not wheelchair accessible. The ground floor holds a hall for performances and a permanent reading stage in a public foyer; the first floor is used by the Junge Literaturlabor, while the upper floors host Volkshochschule Zürich courses.
The two houses originally stood 65 metres further east, on the other side of Talstrasse, until a large development was built there in the early 1970s. They were then dismantled and rebuilt at today's site near Paradeplatz. Since autumn 2015 the ground floor and first floor have housed the Junge Literaturlabor (JULL), with a hall for performances and a permanent reading stage in the public foyer.
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