 The Museum entrance on Helvetiaplatz | |
  Location within Bern  Bern Historical Museum (Canton of Bern)  Bern Historical Museum (Switzerland) | |
| Established | 1894 |
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| Location | Helvetiaplatz, Bern, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°56′35″N 7°26′57″E / 46.94306°N 7.44917°E |
| Type | History |
| Collection size | 500,000[1] |
| Director | Jakob Messerli |
| Architect | André Lambert |
| Website | www |
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.
- ^ Museum website accessed 18 September 2017
- ^ Museum website-History Archived 2018-08-03 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 September 2017
- ^ Museum website-Architecture accessed 18 September 2017