6 Museums to Explore in Canton of Bern

The Swiss Alpine Museum is a museum dedicated to the nature and culture of the Swiss Alps. It is located at Helvetiaplatz 4 in Bern. was founded in 1905 by the Bernese section of the Swiss Alpine Club in the Rathaus Zum Äusseren Stand on Zeughausgasse. It displays exhibits concerning the geology, tectonics, glaciology, meteorology, flora, fauna, cartography, agriculture, folklore, settlement, alpinism, tourism, winter sports, endangerment, and protection of or in the Alps.

The Bernisches Historisches Museum in Bern is one of the most important Museums of cultural history in Switzerland. The museum is housed in a Gothic-revival castle with a contemporary style. Its collections of history, archaeology, and ethnography include approximately 500,000 objects dating from the Stone Age to the present and representing cultures from all over the world.

The Einsteinhaus is a museum and a former residence of Albert Einstein. It is located on Kramgasse No. 49 in Bern, Switzerland. A flat on the second floor of the house was occupied by Einstein, his wife Mileva Marić, and their son Hans Einstein from 1903 to 1905. The Annus Mirabilis papers, which presented Einstein's theory of relativity and contributed substantially to the foundation of modern physics, were written here and published in the Annalen der Physik.

The private Kunsthalle Bern Foundation was established in 1988 by collectors of contemporary art. The gallery itself is split over 2 levels and houses some pretty quirky modern art, both exhibitions are so interesting.

The Museum of Fine Arts Bern is the oldest art museum in Switzerland with a permanent collection. The constantly growing and changing collection comprises works from the Gothic era to the present and currently comprises over 4,000 paintings and sculptures as well as 50,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films.

The Natural History Museum of Bern was officially founded in 1832. The museum has 5100 square meters of exhibition space and an international reputation founded initially on its historical dioramas. The Naturhistorisches Museum Bern is also a place of research conducted by the 22 scientists responsible for the collections and functions as a venue for cultural events.