Guided tour (60 minutes)

This educational offer is suitable as an introduction to or an immersion in themes and subjects from the Middle Ages up to the present day. In this action-packed, interactive tour, students use the wheel of time to embark on an exciting journey through the eras. They can discover the different phases that Zug Castle went through making history from the Middle Ages until today. Each era will reveal its characteristic features and invite students to delve into the lived reality of past periods.

By feeling the heavy knight’s armour on their skin, by marvelling at the corset from the Baroque period, by deciphering artful 19^th century paintings or immersing themselves in the fully equipped cobbler’s workshop – each era will leave students with unique impressions and sensual experiences. A journey through time where lots of interesting and surprising things are waiting to be discovered.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek II
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, NMG.12, RZG.5, RZG.7, ERG.4

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Workshop (120 minutes)

This educational offer is suitable as an introduction to or an immersion in themes and subjects from the Middle Ages up to the present day. Like the guided tour “Discover Zug Castle – Travel through the different eras using the wheel of time”, the workshop will take students on an action-packed, interactive journey through the eras. They can discover the different phases that Zug Castle went through making history from the Middle Ages until today. Each era will reveal its characteristic features and invite students to delve into the lived reality of past periods.

Unlike the guided tour, we will turn the wheel of time more often and go on an even more in-depth journey through space and time, before finishing the workshop with a period of creativity in the studio.

Grade
Cycles 1–2, 1^st to 6^th class
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, NMG.12, RZG.5, RZG.7, ERG.4

Cost
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri

Guided Tour (60 minutes)

In this interactive guided tour, students will experience first hand what living in a medieval castle was like. They will find out what the architecture, for example the castle moat and elevated entrance, meant for the castle inhabitants’ safety and get an idea of the living standards in medieval castles. They will also learn about the historical methods of lighting a fire and can practice striking sparks. By trying on pieces of armour, they can get an insight into the life and training of a knight. The game “Middle Ages or not?” teaches them which everyday items existed in the Middle Ages and how skilled you had to be to play knucklebones.

The tour is tailored to the specific grade and level of knowledge of the students and can be taken at the beginning, midway through or at the end of a teaching session.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek I
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, RZG.5, RZG.7

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Workshop (120 minutes)
The workshop “Life in the Middle Ages” takes a more in-depth look at some of the themes from the eponymous guided tour (described in the section “Guided tour – Life in the Middle Ages”) and adds a number of activity-oriented elements. This includes a re-enactment of the medieval estates of the realm by the students dressed in the appropriate costumes, the creation of a seal imprint and other features.

We are happy to tailor the workshop to the specific grade and level of student knowledge. It can be attended at the beginning, midway through or at the end of a teaching session.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek I
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, RZG.5, RZG.7

Cost
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri

Guided Tour (60 minutes)

Guides dressed in costumes put well-known fairytales at the centre of this tour. The students are welcomed by Anna the maidservant. The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty – Anna knows them all, and of course she is happy to share her knowledge with her audience. It does not end there, however; as a maidservant, Anna has experienced the stories first hand and knows all the little secrets of the leading characters, and some of the bigger ones too. She brings her young visitors to the individual locations, where they can play along, hazard a few guesses and sing a song or two.

Grade
Cycle 1, 1^st kindergarten to 2^nd class
 

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: D.1.A, D.1.B, D.3.B.1, D.3.C.1, D.6.C.1, NMG.1, NMG.9,
NMG.10, NMG.11

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri

Guided tour (60 minutes)

This educational offer is suitable as an introduction to or an immersion in themes and subjects from the Middle Ages up to the present day. In this action-packed, interactive tour, students use the wheel of time to embark on an exciting journey through the eras. They can discover the different phases that Zug Castle went through making history from the Middle Ages until today. Each era will reveal its characteristic features and invite students to delve into the lived reality of past periods.

By feeling the heavy knight’s armour on their skin, by marvelling at the corset from the Baroque period, by deciphering artful 19^th century paintings or immersing themselves in the fully equipped cobbler’s workshop – each era will leave students with unique impressions and sensual experiences. A journey through time where lots of interesting and surprising things are waiting to be discovered.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek II
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, NMG.12, RZG.5, RZG.7, ERG.4

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Workshop (120 minutes)

This educational offer is suitable as an introduction to or an immersion in themes and subjects from the Middle Ages up to the present day. Like the guided tour “Discover Zug Castle – Travel through the different eras using the wheel of time”, the workshop will take students on an action-packed, interactive journey through the eras. They can discover the different phases that Zug Castle went through making history from the Middle Ages until today. Each era will reveal its characteristic features and invite students to delve into the lived reality of past periods.

Unlike the guided tour, we will turn the wheel of time more often and go on an even more in-depth journey through space and time, before finishing the workshop with a period of creativity in the studio.

Grade
Cycles 1–2, 1^st to 6^th class
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, NMG.12, RZG.5, RZG.7, ERG.4

Cost
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri

Guided Tour (60 minutes)

In this interactive guided tour, students will experience first hand what living in a medieval castle was like. They will find out what the architecture, for example the castle moat and elevated entrance, meant for the castle inhabitants’ safety and get an idea of the living standards in medieval castles. They will also learn about the historical methods of lighting a fire and can practice striking sparks. By trying on pieces of armour, they can get an insight into the life and training of a knight. The game “Middle Ages or not?” teaches them which everyday items existed in the Middle Ages and how skilled you had to be to play knucklebones.

The tour is tailored to the specific grade and level of knowledge of the students and can be taken at the beginning, midway through or at the end of a teaching session.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek I
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, RZG.5, RZG.7

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Workshop (120 minutes)
The workshop “Life in the Middle Ages” takes a more in-depth look at some of the themes from the eponymous guided tour (described in the section “Guided tour – Life in the Middle Ages”) and adds a number of activity-oriented elements. This includes a re-enactment of the medieval estates of the realm by the students dressed in the appropriate costumes, the creation of a seal imprint and other features.

We are happy to tailor the workshop to the specific grade and level of student knowledge. It can be attended at the beginning, midway through or at the end of a teaching session.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek I
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, RZG.5, RZG.7

Cost
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri

Workshop (180 minutes)

The workshop “Medieval cooking” encourages participants to use all their five senses! Following a short introduction to the history of Zug Castle, we will cook and eat the same as the knights would have done.

Students will learn who ate and drank what in the Middle Ages and how they lit fires, cooked and dined at the time. They will then have the opportunity to experience what they have learned. Once they have also practised their medieval table manners and the entertainment has been arranged, the students can eventually settle down and enjoy the food they have prepared.

This workshop combines experiential learning with a guaranteed hands-on access to medieval cooking and living.

Grade
Cycle 2, 3^rd to 6^th class
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.2, NMG.9, NMG.12

Cost
CHF 300 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 350 for schools from outside of Canton Zug
Includes materials and food

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri
Time: Either 10am–1pm or 1–4pm
The workshop is held outdoors, regardless of the weather.

Workshop (120 minutes)

This re-enactment workshop turns the wheel of time back to the year 1352 and brings the conquest of Zug Castle by the Swiss Confederates back to life. What did the Old Swiss Confederacy look like? Why did Zug still not join the Confederacy and how did the Confederates manage to conquer the castle?

Divided into two groups, the students will take on the role of either attacker or defender and develop their own strategies. They will have the opportunity to learn the basic techniques of medieval combat using practice swords. They will then carry out an analysis of the castle architecture: which of the components helped to reinforce the defence and which of them left the castle open to attack? Another discipline is the technique of diplomacy. The students will draw up a statement of intent for attack or defence and discuss how justified the attack was. Who will be clever and diligent enough to win the battle? Maybe history will even need to be rewritten for a short while!?

Grade
Cycle 2, 4^th to 6^th class
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.5, NMG.8, NMG.9, NMG.10

Costs
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri
Parts of the workshop will be held outdoors, regardless of the weather.

Workshop (90 minutes)

In this workshop students are given an opportunity to delve into Zug’s history from the Late Middle Ages to the present day by handling objects from the collection. Besides historical themes, this will also allow them to learn about the role and tasks of a museum, see how objects can open doors into the past, apply methods of research and discover how, by asking targeted questions, they can use objects to tell their own story. Structured as a mobile museum, this workshop can be provided by an expert in the classroom* or at the castle museum. It is ideally suited to accompany the coursebook “WeitBlick NMG, Zeitspuren” of Cycle 2.

Grade
Cycle 2, 4^th to 6^th class
on request it can also be offered to Cycle 3 students

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.5, NMG.9, NMG.10, NMG.11, NMG.12

Costs
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: in the classroom* or at the Museum Burg Zug, Tue-Fri
(*only for schools in the town of Zug)

Guided tour (60 minutes)

This educational offer is suitable as an introduction to or an immersion in themes and subjects from the Middle Ages up to the present day. In this action-packed, interactive tour, students use the wheel of time to embark on an exciting journey through the eras. They can discover the different phases that Zug Castle went through making history from the Middle Ages until today. Each era will reveal its characteristic features and invite students to delve into the lived reality of past periods.

By feeling the heavy knight’s armour on their skin, by marvelling at the corset from the Baroque period, by deciphering artful 19^th century paintings or immersing themselves in the fully equipped cobbler’s workshop – each era will leave students with unique impressions and sensual experiences. A journey through time where lots of interesting and surprising things are waiting to be discovered.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek II
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, NMG.12, RZG.5, RZG.7, ERG.4

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Workshop (120 minutes)

This educational offer is suitable as an introduction to or an immersion in themes and subjects from the Middle Ages up to the present day. Like the guided tour “Discover Zug Castle – Travel through the different eras using the wheel of time”, the workshop will take students on an action-packed, interactive journey through the eras. They can discover the different phases that Zug Castle went through making history from the Middle Ages until today. Each era will reveal its characteristic features and invite students to delve into the lived reality of past periods.

Unlike the guided tour, we will turn the wheel of time more often and go on an even more in-depth journey through space and time, before finishing the workshop with a period of creativity in the studio.

Grade
Cycles 1–2, 1^st to 6^th class
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, NMG.12, RZG.5, RZG.7, ERG.4

Cost
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri

Guided Tour (60 minutes)

In this interactive guided tour, students will experience first hand what living in a medieval castle was like. They will find out what the architecture, for example the castle moat and elevated entrance, meant for the castle inhabitants’ safety and get an idea of the living standards in medieval castles. They will also learn about the historical methods of lighting a fire and can practice striking sparks. By trying on pieces of armour, they can get an insight into the life and training of a knight. The game “Middle Ages or not?” teaches them which everyday items existed in the Middle Ages and how skilled you had to be to play knucklebones.

The tour is tailored to the specific grade and level of knowledge of the students and can be taken at the beginning, midway through or at the end of a teaching session.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek I
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, RZG.5, RZG.7

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Workshop (120 minutes)
The workshop “Life in the Middle Ages” takes a more in-depth look at some of the themes from the eponymous guided tour (described in the section “Guided tour – Life in the Middle Ages”) and adds a number of activity-oriented elements. This includes a re-enactment of the medieval estates of the realm by the students dressed in the appropriate costumes, the creation of a seal imprint and other features.

We are happy to tailor the workshop to the specific grade and level of student knowledge. It can be attended at the beginning, midway through or at the end of a teaching session.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek I
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content.

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, RZG.5, RZG.7

Cost
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri

Workshop (90 minutes)

In this workshop students are given an opportunity to delve into Zug’s history from the Late Middle Ages to the present day by handling objects from the collection. Besides historical themes, this will also allow them to learn about the role and tasks of a museum, see how objects can open doors into the past, apply methods of research and discover how, by asking targeted questions, they can use objects to tell their own story. Structured as a mobile museum, this workshop can be provided by an expert in the classroom* or at the castle museum. It is ideally suited to accompany the coursebook “WeitBlick NMG, Zeitspuren” of Cycle 2.

Grade
Cycle 2, 4^th to 6^th class
on request it can also be offered to Cycle 3 students

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.5, NMG.9, NMG.10, NMG.11, NMG.12

Costs
Free of charge for schools from the town of Zug
CHF 100 for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 200 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: in the classroom* or at the Museum Burg Zug, Tue-Fri
(*only for schools in the town of Zug)

Guided tour (60 minutes)

This educational offer is suitable as an introduction to or an immersion in themes and subjects from the Middle Ages up to the present day. In this action-packed, interactive tour, students use the wheel of time to embark on an exciting journey through the eras. They can discover the different phases that Zug Castle went through making history from the Middle Ages until today. Each era will reveal its characteristic features and invite students to delve into the lived reality of past periods.

By feeling the heavy knight’s armour on their skin, by marvelling at the corset from the Baroque period, by deciphering artful 19^th century paintings or immersing themselves in the fully equipped cobbler’s workshop – each era will leave students with unique impressions and sensual experiences. A journey through time where lots of interesting and surprising things are waiting to be discovered.

Grade
Cycles 1–3, kindergarten to Sek II
The offer is tailored to the specific age group and the teacher’s wishes with regard to the content

Incorporates aspects from Lehrplan 21 (Curriculum 21)
LP 21: NMG.9, NMG.12, RZG.5, RZG.7, ERG.4

Cost
Free of charge for schools from Canton Zug
CHF 100 for schools from outside Canton Zug

Venue: Museum Burg Zug, Tue–Fri