Bernisches Historisches Museum / Einstein Museum

The Bernisches Historisches Museum is one of the most important Museums of cultural history in Switzerland. Its collections of archaeology, history and ethnography include approximately 500,000 objects dating from the Stone Age to the present and representing cultures from all over the world. The hydria from Grächwil, the Burgundian tapestries, the diptych from Königsfelden and a series of ethnographical objects as well as coins and medals are all internationally renowned. Besides these, other highlights of the permanent exhibitions of the Bernisches Historisches Museum include spectacular Bernese sculptures, two Bernese mayoral thrones and much more. The integrated Einstein Museum offers an account of the life and work of the famous physicist and in a fascinating manner places it in the context of world history. Temporary exhibitions are regularly staged in the generously proportioned exhibition hall.

This museum greets you in the following languages: D/F/E
Opening 1894

Current exhibitions

Homo migrans. Two million years on the move

07.11.2019 - 28.06.2020

The exhibition covers a long period in our history, beginning with the first human beings in Africa, then charting their gradual spread across the globe two million years ago and culminating in a look at Switzerland today. From Switzerland’s first settlers to those searching for a better life overseas; from persecuted religious groups to refugees who were taken in; and from labour migration to the multicultural Swiss national football team.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/F/E
Guided tours are offered in the following languages: D

Lebe besser! Auf der Suche nach dem idealen Leben

13.02.2020 - 05.07.2020

Vegan, fit, umweltbewusst — bereits vor über 100 Jahren suchten Anhänger und Anhängerinnen der Lebensreformbewegung den Weg zu einem gesünderen Leben und einer besseren Welt. Um 1900 eröffneten in der Schweiz die ersten Reformläden, man begann, sich in Licht- und Luftbädern zu sonnen oder in Schrebergärten eigenes Gemüse anzubauen. Auf den Spuren der Reformerinnen und Reformer zeigt die Ausstellung Errungenschaften und Schattenseiten der Lebensreformbewegung von damals bis heute.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D