Leisure

Virtual Museum

Chronicles of people and machines in the first virtual museum of a Swiss paper mill.

Cham paper mill is long gone. But its history and stories are still very much present – thanks to the virtual museum created by the Cham Group in collaboration with Chamapedia. A fabulous way to keep history alive!

The virtual museum is made up of many different modules – ‘history hotspots’ – spread across the entire site. Each of the hotspots on interpretive signs and building plaques provides information, old photos and video footage about that particular location via QR codes.

The virtual museum highlights the mill’s innovations over the past 360 years – right up to the present day – and looks to its future. The video clips and digital links to further information, films and photographs not only bring the Papieri’s industrial history back to life but allow visitors on site to visualize its development in the here and now.

The history hotspots

This interactive map shows the locations of the history hotspots. Clicking gives you access to more information.

This interactive map shows the locations of the history hotspots. Clicking gives you access to more information.

Chamapedia

Our virtual museum was created with the help and support of Chamapedia, which is an independent association that maintains an ever-expanding virtual encyclopedia charting the history of the town of Cham. Chamapedia is modeled on Wikipedia and contains historical facts and accounts pertaining to the area provided by verified experts and accessible to all. The association receives support from the Civic Community of Cham, the Municipality of Cham and various businesses and individuals.

Historical encyclopedia of the town of Cham

Would you like a tour to find out more about historical aspects?

If so, please get in touch with Cham Tourismus, the town's tourist information office. The staff will be happy to organize a tailor-made tour for you.

Contact
info@cham-tourismus.ch
Phone 079 916 63 30

Sponsors

We would like to thank our supporters for their generous help and contributions. Without them, we would not have been able to create the virtual museum.

Contributors

Cham Group
Kathrin Sonderegger, Lukas Fehr

Dr. Michael van Orsouw
www.geschichte-texte.ch

Vera Grönegress
Silent Studio

AVP Media-Design Gmbh
Lukas Schnurrenberger, Tobias Rothenfluh

McKinivan Moos
Victor Escobar

Karsten Zingg
Jam'on digital AG

Werner Anderegg, Andreas Baumgartner, Walter Bucher, Giuseppe Castelli, Beatrice Degrandi-Kretz, Thomas Fähndrich, Stefan Frey, Michael Funk, Rita Gasser, Roland Guggenbühl, Hedy Häfliger, Martha Hässig, Andreas Hauert, Alfred Heer, Peter Herzog, Franz Hofstetter, Emin Karan, José Keller, Walter Keller, Yasar Kilic, Klaus Kranich, Hussein Mazlagic, Theo Odermatt, Michael van Orsouw, Franz Peter, Walter Scheuber, Franz Stalder, Armin Werder, Bruno Werder, Werner Wigger

Kathrin Sonderegger
Communications Officer
Cham Group

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Kathrin Sonderegger
Communications Officer
Cham Group
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