Historisches Museum Bern
N 46° 56.617 E 007° 26.937
32T E 381957 N 5200066
This museum now houses what is Switzerland's second largest historic museum, combining under one roof one of the country's most important ethnographic collections together with the Bernese historical collections from prehistory to the present day.
Waymark Code: WM2A6A
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Date Posted: 10/01/2007
Views: 51
Photography is permitted in this museum.
The museum's holdings comprise some 250,000 objects. The Burgundian tapestries, the Königsfeld Diptych, the bronze hydria from Grächwil, as well as a series of ethnographic and numismatic collections, enjoy international fame.
The Historisches Museum in Bern was built by the Neuchâtel architect André Lambert in 1894. The building was originally conceived as the «Landesmuseum» (The Swiss National Museum). After the choice of Zürich as the site of the Landesmuseum, only the main building of the original «plan for a National Museum in Bern» was erected in the end.
The permanent exhibitions currently are :
"Stone Age, Celts and Romans"
"From the Early Middle Ages to the Ancien Régime"
"Bern’s Silver Treasure"
"Art from Asia and Oceania"
"Burgundian Tapestries" - Collection closed until 2008!
"American Indians – America from North to South" - Collection temporarly closed!
"Treasures form the tombes of ancient Egypte"
The building also includes the "Einstein Museum" which documents the life of Albert Einstein.
Theme:
Bernese History
Street Address:
Historisches Museum Bern
Einstein Museum
Helvetiaplatz 5
3005 Bern
Food Court: yes
Gift Shop: yes
Hours of Operation:
Tuesdays–Sundays 10.00–17.00
Mondays closed
Cost: 13.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Large
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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