Swiss Alpine Museum Bern

Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau mountains are only a stone's throw from Bern. The only place being closer to the mountains is the Swiss Alpine Museum (alps).
History and tradition
Nature and environment
Bern
Switzerland

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Swiss Alpine Museum Bern
Swiss Alpine Museum Bern
Frauen am Berg
The unique site presents home exhibitions on current mountain issues from all over the world in an unconventional way. They are complemented by the experimental bivouac, the museum's shop and the alpine cuisine at the in-house restaurant of «las alps».
Adresse

Swiss Alpine Museum Bern

Helvetiaplatz 4
3005
Bern
Switzerland
+41 31 350 04 40
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Horaires d'ouverture
Open all year
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-17:00
Closed on
 
Thursday until 8 pm (in May and June)
Wheelchair access
Shop
Parking
Restaurant
Train
Bus access

46.944079, 7.44829

Lost and Found Memories Office №2: Women on the Mountain
Bern
Lost and Found Memories Office №2: Women on the Mountain

Women have always climbed mountains with the same enthusiasm, virtuosity and fearlessness as men. However, for a long time this went largely unnoticed and women’s accounts were hardly documented. The ...
Exhibition
Hotel Mischabel (um 1960). Kunstanstalt Brügger, Meiringen © Alpines Museum der Schweiz
Bern
Bivouac#33: Check-in Check-out

"Mr. and Mrs. Bond, 565 Fifth Avenue, New York, nice people - you a bit crazy - ordered the same rooms for next summer." One entry out of 22,000 from the guest register of the grand hotel "Waldhaus" ...
Exhibition
Heimat. Auf Spurensuche in Mitholz
Bern
Heimat. Tracing the Story of Mitholz

Mitholz has been dealt a double blow: in 1947 a military ammunition depot exploded in this unassuming village in the Bernese Oberland. Nine people died and numerous houses were destroyed. In 2020 the ...
Exhibition
Foto: Fundbüro für Erinnerungen
Bern
Lost and Found Memories Office № 3: Repair

The zipper is jammed, there’s a hole in the trousers, the ends of the rope are frayed: gear can break anywhere, even on the mountain. If something goes wrong with a piece of kit while we’re out and ...
Exhibition