Swiss Alpine Museum
| Swiss Alpine Museum | |
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 Entrance to the Alpine Museum |
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| Data | |
| place | 3005 Bern 
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| Art | Culture and natural science museum |
| architect | Klauser & dispute |
| opening | 1905 (collection) 1934 (building) |
| Number of visitors (annually) | 81,152 (2016) |
| operator | Swiss Alpine Museum |
| management | Beat Hächler |
| GLAM | CH-000187 |
| KGS | 8542 + 609 |
| Website | alpinesmuseum.ch |
The Swiss Alpine Museum is a museum that deals with the relationship between mountains and people, culture and nature in the Alps . The house is located at Helvetiaplatz 4 in Bern .
It takes care of cultural and scientific issues relating to the Alpine region. The museum maintains an important collection with a focus on mountain photography with over 220,000 photographs , cartography and alpinism . The Alpine Museum houses one of the largest collections of mountain reliefs . It regularly imparts its knowledge in exhibitions, publications and events.
history
Collection of the Alpine Club
The museum was opened in 1905 in the town hall of the Äusseren Stand on Zeughausgasse in Bern, after the Bern section of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) took the initiative in 1902 and commissioned a museum commission with the implementation. The idea and purpose of the museum corresponded to the aim of the SAC not only to open up the Alps for mountaineers, but also to explore them.
1933–1934 the new museum building was built on Helvetiaplatz in Bern's Kirchenfeld district. The house is now a listed building as an example of the new building . From 1990 to 1993 the museum was rebuilt and refurbished. A permanent exhibition was created on two floors and space on one floor for constantly changing special exhibitions. Every eight to ten months, a new topic about the Alps and the Alpine region was up for debate. Particularly noteworthy are the successful exhibitions “Glacier in the greenhouse” and “Room free. Alpine hotels between demolition and departure ».
Current concept
From September 2011 to March 2012 the museum was rebuilt again and reopened with a new concept and a contemporary orientation. The permanent exhibition has given way to the special exhibitions (700 m²) on two floors. Just as new to the concept is the “ Bivouac ” exhibition area , the “speedboat” of the large “museum steamer”, in which small experimental exhibitions take place with quicker changes. The museum, which has changed its name to the Swiss Alpine Museum, sees itself as a platform for Alpine and mountain topics. The focus is on the different approaches and perspectives on the topic, which are constantly being explored anew, because not only natural history and geographical questions arise, but also cultural, social, art-related and especially contemporary views and sensitivities must and should be discussed .
The “las alps” restaurant, which offers specialties from the Alpine arc, and a newly designed museum shop have also been part of the museum since March 2012.
The Swiss Alpine Museum Foundation, which was established in 1933, is responsible for the Alpine Museum. The founders are the Swiss Confederation, the Canton of Bern, the City of Bern, the Swiss Alpine Club SAC and the Bern Section of the SAC.
Exhibitions
- April to August 2016: Out of Africa. How the geranium came to Switzerland.
- September 2016 to January 2017: Wild cuisine. A culinary foray through the Alps.
- October 2016 to January 2018: Our water. Six drafts for the future. [Main exhibition]
- January to April 2017: Advertising art and travel dreams - Anton Reckziegel and the early days of tourism posters .
- May to October 2017: The wolf is here. A people exhibition.
- October 2017 to February 2018: Constructive Alps. sustainable renovation and construction in the Alps.
- From February 2018 to September 2019: beautiful mountains. A matter of opinion. [Main exhibition]
- March to August 2018: construction site progress. Emil Zbinden and the construction of the Grimsel Oberaar dam.
- September to October 2018: Suiza existe. A search for clues in Esperanza, Argentina.
- November 2018 to April 2019: The white danger. Dealing with avalanches in Switzerland.
literature
- Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern . Alpine Museum (Places \ Sch \ Schweiz (CH) \ Bern (Canton) \ Bern (BE) \ A). Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (= publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on March 14, 2018]).
See also
- List of museums in Switzerland
- List of cultural assets in Bern in District IV, Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde
Web links
- Official website
- Alpine Museum of Switzerland on the Museum Bern website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helvetiaplatz 2, 4. (PDF; 1.9 MB) In: bauinventar.bern.ch. City of Bern , accessed on February 17, 2018 .