Museum of Communication

Canton of Berne · Switzerland

Museum of Communication, Switzerland
Photo: Museum für Kommunikation, Bern, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round
Budget
$$
Accessibility
wheelchair-accessible
Coordinates
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Near the historical museum in Bern's Kirchenfeld quarter, this museum explores how people have exchanged messages from smoke signals and early post to the digital age. Its interactive galleries let visitors send coded messages, handle historic telephones and examine one of the country's finest stamp collections. Live guides described as human robots roam the halls to spark conversation, an approach that won it a European museum award. The mix of playful experiment and serious archive suits families and technology enthusiasts alike.

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