Museum of Communications


The Museum of Communications in Berne is considered one of the largest interactive museums in Europe. In this collection, exhibits are displayed, demonstrating how human communication has developed over the years. And this concerns not only verbal and non-verbal communication, but also the development of the post, the media, telecommunications and, of course, the Internet.

The museum was founded in 1907 in Switzerland , although the exhibits began to gather in 1893. At the very beginning the collection was devoted to the work of the postal and transport services. The museum exhibited the uniform of postmen of different years and postage stamps. In 40 years the collection was replenished with radio equipment, telegraphs and telephones, TV sets and the first computers.

What to see?

Now the museum has three pavilions:

The pavilion "So close and so far away" exhibits exhibits, through which information is exchanged. There are many interactive simulators here, which clearly demonstrate how the old models of telephone sets worked. You can also participate in a gesture dialogue or remember how to write letters by hand and fill out postal envelopes.

The exhibition "World of Stamps" has collected almost half a million interesting and rare postage stamps from around the world. Tour guides will tell you about when the first stamp was printed, and what designer for his life created 11 billion postage stamps. You will also be shown the devices with which you created envelopes and stamps many years ago. Be sure to visit the art studio H.R. Ricker, which collected amazing samples of modern mail art. Here you can order a postage stamp, which will be printed in an exclusive design.

The largest pavilion of the Museum of Communications in Bern , with an area of ​​600 m 2 , is dedicated to the history of the development of computer and digital technologies. The oldest specimen of the collection is only 50 years old. And this is doubly amazing! Incredibly, in fifty years computers have come a long way - from bulky noisy machines to light and ultra-thin models. Computers and cell phones play an important role in the life of modern man, that's why the main part of the museum is dedicated to them.

On the territory of the Museum of Communications there is a sanatorium in which people suffering from computer addiction can receive the necessary help. But even if you do not apply to such, allocate time to visit the museum, because this is the place where you need to go to Bern , even if you have only one day to see the sights.

How to get there?

You can get to the Museum of Communications by tram no 6, 7 and 8 from the Bern-Bahnfof train station to the Helvetiaplatz stop.