Bern Historical Museum - One Of Bern’s Major Museums
Visiting the Bern Historical Museum in the capital of Switzerland is a good spare-time activity to undertake. It is one of the best Swiss museums and was designed and built by Neuchatel architect Andre Lambert in 1894. Since 2005, the museum gained international recognition with the advent of the Einstein Museum. The appearance of the museum took its lines from the historic Swiss castles of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Permanent Exhibitions
Art from Asia, Oceania and the American Indians
Inside the museum, you will discover more than 250,000 objects on display, including items from America, Asia Oceania and Egypt as well as world-renowned artefacts from Swiss heritage. There are precious objects from China, India, Japan, South East Asia and Tibet that throw light conceptions of the world, oriental cultures and artistic forms of expression. The Indian culture of North and Central America is varied, as the exhibitions focusing on American Indian life will show. The Bern Historical Museum will show you selected objects and pictorial documents ranging in date from pre-Columbian times until to the 19th century.
You will also see some outstanding individual objects, such as the elaborately painted bison robe of Mato Topé, a legendary chief of the Mandan tribe. It shows the very different lifestyles of the Indian societies, which document their sometimes turbulent history. Also on display at the museum is a huge collection of objects from prehistory to modern times of which some are of particular attention.
The Koenigsfeld Diptych, the Burgundian Tapestries and the Bronze Hydria from Grächwil as well as a series of ethnographic and numismatic collections are all internationally recognized treasures.
Stone Age, Celts and Romans
There are also artefacts from the Stone Age, Celtic and Roman times. For the first time, the Bern Historical Museum together with the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern bring together their most valuable treasures in a wide-ranging exhibition.
Bern and the 20th century
Extremely interesting is the look at Bern during the 20th century. More than 100 pioneers and their exploits tell the history of the Canton of Bern and the capital of Switzerland. The museum is supported by the Canton, the city and the Municipal authority. Additionally, it also enjoys the support through the regional cultural conference of the joint local authority.
Historical Museum of Bern
Einstein Museum
Helvetiaplatz 5
3005 Bern
Tel. +41 31 350 77 11
Fax +41 31 350 77 99
E-Mail info@bhm.ch
Opening times
Tues to Sun 10.00 – 17.00
Monday closed
The Museum is also open from 10.00 to 17.00 on all holidays, including those that fall on a Monday. The Museum will remain closed on Christmas day.
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