Samuel van Willigen

Samuel van Willigen studied prehistoric archaeology and worked as a curator at the Swiss National Museum.

The wheel

Samuel van Willigen 26.06.2020 Who invented the wheel? Historians still debate this point today. And the Zurich region is in the running to claim the honour. Wheels dating from the Neolithic period have been found here.

Close the door!

Samuel van Willigen 17.01.2019 The National Museum Zurich houses one of the oldest preserved doors in Europe. The Robenhausen door is more than 5,500 years old.