Bern Historical Museum
The Bern Historical Museum is the second largest historical museum in Switzerland. It was designed by the Neuchâtel architect André Lambert and built in 1894.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Monday: closed - Email: info@bhm.ch
- Type: Museum
- Description: building of the historical museum in the city of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bernisches Historisches Museum”, “Bernisches Historisches Museum, Einstein Museum”, “Historical Museum of Bern”, “Historical Museum of Berne”, “Historisches Museum”, “Historisches Museum Bern”, and “Musée d’histoire de Berne”
- Address: Helvetiaplatz 5, Bern, 3005
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swiss National Library and Swiss Rifle Museum.
Swiss National Library
Public building
Photo: Sandstein, Public domain.
The Swiss National Library is the national library of Switzerland. Part of the Federal Office of Culture, it is charged with collecting, cataloging and conserving information in all fields, disciplines, and media connected with Switzerland, as well as ensuring the widest possible accessibility and dissemination of such data. Swiss National Library is situated 190 metres south of Bern Historical Museum.
Natural History Museum of Bern
Museum
Photo: Rick Thorne, Public domain.
The Natural History Museum of Bern is a museum in Bern, Switzerland. In its teaching and research it cooperates closely with the University of Bern. It is visited by around 131,000 people yearly. Natural History Museum of Bern is situated 120 metres south of Bern Historical Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marzili and Old City.
Old City
Quarter
Photo: Amstuzmarco, Public domain.
The Old City is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth to the fifteenth century.
Mattequartier
Quarter
The Mattequartier is a historic neighbourhood on the Aare riverfront in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland.
Bern Historical Museum
- Categories: history museum, memory institution, organization, building, tourism, public building, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Berne, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Berne Region, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.94297° or 46° 56′ 35″ northLongitude
7.4492° or 7° 26′ 57″ eastElevation
533 metres (1,749 feet)Open location code
8FR9WCVX+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 40422946OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
10228609Wikidata ID
Q670058
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Bern Historical Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف بيرن التاريخي”
- Armenian: “Բեռնի պատմության թանգարան”
- Chinese: “伯恩歷史博物館”
- Chinese: “伯爾尼歷史博物館”
- Dutch: “Bernisches Historisches Museum”
- Dutch: “Historisches Museum Bern”
- Esperanto: “Historia muzeo Berno”
- French: “musée d’histoire de Berne”
- French: “Musée d’histoire de Berne”
- French: “Musée d’Histoire de Berne”
- German: “Bernisches Historisches Museum”
- German: “Einstein Museum”
- German: “Historisches Museum Bern”
- Italian: “Einstein Museum”
- Italian: “Historisches Museum di Berna”
- Japanese: “ベルン歴史博物館”
- Korean: “베른역사박물관”
- Portuguese: “Bernisches Historisches Museum”
- Russian: “Исторический музей Берна”
- Spanish: “Bernisches Historisches Museum”
- Spanish: “Museo Histórico de Berna”
- Swiss German: “Bernisches Historisches Museum”
- Ukrainian: “Бернський історичний музей”
Localities in the Area
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