To mark the 40th anniversary of the Swiss Museum of Transport's shipping hall, the Swiss Museum of Transport and its sister institution, the Hans Erni Museum, are jointly staging an exhibition. It showcases key items from the internationally important collection of objects, images and documents relating to ocean shipping.

Philipp Keller (1895-1980), a long-distance merchant active between Brazil and Switzerland, bequeathed his entire collection and library on shipping to the Swiss Museum of Transport, in addition to Villa Krämerstein in Kastanienbaum.

The collection can be used to trace the intensive networking between Switzerland and Brazil, the rapid technological change in shipping, but also the Swiss contribution to global colonialism.

Numerous models, photos and documents from the Keller collection are being shown to the public for the first time.

A catalog and a varied program of events accompany the exhibition.

Caption:
Sandy Hook (1879-1960): Whaling ship "Vikingen",
Painting, Philipp Keller Collection, Transport Archives,
Swiss Museum of Transport, Inv. VA-41000,
© Photo Andri Stadler, Lucerne