Bern Historical Museum

Bern Historical Museum
German: Bernisches Historisches Museum
French: Musée d’Histoire de Berne
The Museum entrance on Helvetiaplatz
Bern Historical Museum is located in Bern
Bern Historical Museum
Location within Bern
Bern Historical Museum is located in Canton of Bern
Bern Historical Museum
Bern Historical Museum (Canton of Bern)
Bern Historical Museum is located in Switzerland
Bern Historical Museum
Bern Historical Museum (Switzerland)
Established1894 (1894)
LocationHelvetiaplatz, Bern, Switzerland
Coordinates46°56′35″N 7°26′57″E / 46.94306°N 7.44917°E / 46.94306; 7.44917
TypeHistory
Collection size500,000[1]
DirectorJakob Messerli
ArchitectAndré Lambert
Websitewww.bhm.ch
Bern Historical Museum entrance gates

The Bern Historical Museum (German: Bernisches Historisches Museum, French: Musée d’Histoire de Berne) is the second largest historical museum in Switzerland. It was designed by the Neuchâtel architect André Lambert and built in 1894.[2] Since it was initially conceived as the Swiss National Museum (which the city of Zurich was later chosen to host), the architect took as his model various historic castles from the 15th and 16th centuries.[3] An extension to the original museum building was completed in 2009.

  1. ^ Museum website accessed 18 September 2017
  2. ^ Museum website-History Archived 2018-08-03 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 September 2017
  3. ^ Museum website-Architecture accessed 18 September 2017