Swiss Alpine Museum, Alpine heritage museum in Kirchenfeld, Switzerland.
Description
The Swiss Alpine Museum in Bern holds over 220,000 photographs and maintains a large collection of three-dimensional mountain models that document the Alpine regions of Switzerland. The exhibitions spread across multiple floors covering 700 square meters, combining photographic records with physical relief displays to show the terrain and landscapes.
History
The museum was founded in 1905 by the Bernese section of the Swiss Alpine Club, reflecting growing interest in scientific study of mountain landscapes. The building at Helvetiaplatz arrived in 1934, providing a dedicated home for the institution's expanding collections.
Culture
The museum explores how mountains and people shape each other through rotating exhibitions that examine this relationship from different perspectives. The displays show how communities living in Alpine regions interact with and adapt to their surroundings.
Practical
Plan your visit during regular opening hours to explore the exhibitions at a comfortable pace across the multiple floors. The location in central Bern offers easy access and enough space to walk through the galleries without feeling rushed.
Did you know?
The institution received the Prix Expo award in 2017 for its innovative approach to climate issues through exhibitions about Greenland and Arctic change. This exhibition showed how Alpine and polar regions experience similar impacts from environmental shifts.
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