Museum · Kirchenfeld, Bern, Canton of Bern
Bern History Museum
Bernisches Historisches Museum
The Bern History Museum (Bernisches Historisches Museum) is the museum of history, archaeology and ethnography at Helvetiaplatz in Bern, which also contains the Einstein Museum.
Why go
The Bern History Museum (Bernisches Historisches Museum) opened at Helvetiaplatz in 1894 in a castle-like building by the architect André Lambert, and is run by a foundation set up in 1889 by the canton, the city and the Burgher Community of Bern, per the museum's own pages. It says its collections of history, archaeology, ethnography and numismatics hold about half a million objects, and that its permanent exhibitions cover the history of the city and canton of Bern. The integrated Einstein Museum presents Albert Einstein's life and work; it is part of this museum and is a different place from the Einstein House on Kramgasse. The museum also uses the Moser annex of 1922 and the Kubus annex built in 2006 to 2009.
Near Bern History Museum
Church
Bern Minster
Bern Minster is the Late Gothic Reformed church on Münsterplatz in Bern's old town, begun in 1421, with a tower that visitors can climb.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Einstein House
The Einstein House is the flat at Kramgasse 49 in Bern's old town that Albert Einstein rented from 1903 to 1905, now a small museum run by the Albert Einstein Society.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Federal Palace of Switzerland
The Federal Palace is the Parliament Building of the Swiss Federal Assembly in Bern, built between 1894 and 1902 between the Federal Palace's West Wing and East Wing.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Zytglogge
The Zytglogge is the medieval gate tower in Bern's old town that became the town's clock tower, with an astronomical dial and a figure play.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ