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  • Museum Night 12.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
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  • All Saints´ Day 01.11.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 closed

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2025 closed

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

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Today

10:00 - 17:00

Opening times

Museum

  • Tuesday till Sunday 10:00 - 17:00

  • Monday closed

Special opening times

  • Museum Night 12.09.2025 10:00 - 17:00
    18:00 - 23:59

  • All Saints´ Day 01.11.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Martin 11.11.2025 closed

  • Immaculate Conception 08.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2025 closed

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 10:00 - 14:00

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The bold ambitions of engineer Guillaume Ritter

Thomas Weibel

21. August 2025

In the late 1860s, the rural canton of Fribourg was staking everything on industrialisation. Guillaume Ritter, a young engineer from Neuchâtel with bold plans for revolutionary ‘long-distance mechanical power transmission’ therefore came along at just the right moment.

A Swiss painter in America

Barbara Basting

19. August 2025

Frank Buchser is one of the most colourful figures in 19th century Swiss art. A number of his works were produced during the several years he spent in the United States.

Buchser und Amerika, das schien zu passen. In «Old Virginia» stellte er die idyllische Seite des Landes dar.

The Kander river deviation and its aftermath

Reto Bleuer

14. August 2025

The stretch of A6 motorway between Thun and Spiez follows the path of a former riverbed and crosses a pioneering project of Swiss water cor-rection dating from the early 18th century. The Kander river deviation had a big impact on the region around the town of Thun and on the man who initiated and managed the project: Samuel Bodmer.

Der Kanderdurchstich veränderte die Landschaft der Region grundlegend. Karte aus dem Jahr 1716, nachträglich bearbeitet.
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