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.
The museum contains collections related to the history of Bern from prehistoric times to the present and other artefacts on permanent display from Asia, Oceania, America and Egypt. The collection includes important tapestries and other loot from the camp of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy, taken after his defeat and death at the Battle of Nancy in 1477.
One of the most remarkable items in the collection is the Muri statuette group, a group of six Gallo-Roman bronze figurines, and the Moringen arrowhead, determined to be of meteoric origin in 2023 despite being in the collection for well over a century.[4]
The Bern Historical Museum is a heritage site of national significance.[5]
Over the museum's entrance is a glass mosaic, "The Age of History", featuring the figures of Poetry and History, made in 1900 by the Swiss painter Léo-Paul Robert.[6]
^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
^Hofmann, Beda A.; Schreyer, Sabine Bolliger; Biswas, Sayani; Gerchow, Lars; Wiebe, Daniel; Schumann, Marc; Lindemann, Sebastian; García, Diego Ramírez; Lanari, Pierre; Gfeller, Frank; Vigo, Carlos; Das, Debarchan; Hotz, Fabian; von Schoeler, Katharina; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko (2023-09-01). "An arrowhead made of meteoritic iron from the late Bronze Age settlement of Mörigen, Switzerland and its possible source". Journal of Archaeological Science. 157: 105827. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2023.105827. hdl:20.500.11850/625369. ISSN 0305-4403.
^"Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^"Exterior views". Bernisches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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