Bern Historical Museum

Bern Historical Museum
German: Bernisches Historisches Museum
French: Musée d’Histoire de Berne
The Museum entrance on Helvetiaplatz
Location within Bern
Bern Historical Museum (Canton of Bern)
Bern Historical Museum (Switzerland)
Established 1894 (1894)
Location Helvetiaplatz, Bern, Switzerland
Coordinates 46°56′35″N 7°26′57″E / 46.94306°N 7.44917°E / 46.94306; 7.44917Coordinates: 46°56′35″N 7°26′57″E / 46.94306°N 7.44917°E / 46.94306; 7.44917
Type History
Collection size 500,000[1]
Director Jakob Messerli
Architect André Lambert
Website www.bhm.ch

The Bern Historical Museum (German: Bernisches Historisches Museum, French: Musée d’Histoire de Berne) is the second largest historical museum in Switzerland. It was designed by the Neuchâtel architect André Lambert and built in 1894.[2] Since it was initially conceived as the Swiss National Museum (which the city of Zurich was later chosen to host), the architect took as his model various historic castles from the 15th and 16th centuries.[3] An extension to the original museum building was completed in 2009.

The museum contains collections related to the history of Bern from prehistoric times to the present and other artefacts on permanent display from Asia, Oceania, America and Egypt. One of the most remarkable items in the collection is the Muri statuette group, a group of six Gallo-Roman bronze figurines.

The Bern Historical Museum is a heritage site of national significance.[4]

Einstein Museum

The Einstein Museum

First conceived as a temporary exhibition in 2005, the Einstein Museum became a museum dedicated to the life and work of Albert Einstein, who developed the Relativity Theory while living in Bern. The house where he lived (Einsteinhaus) in this period is also open to the public, but is located elsewhere in the city and charges separate entry fees.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Museum website accessed 18 September 2017
  2. ↑ Museum website-History accessed 18 September 2017
  3. ↑ Museum website-Architecture accessed 18 September 2017
  4. ↑ "Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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