ALPS is all about people and mountains. It focuses on issues wherever society is on the move. There might not be any easy answers, but we still need to talk about things: about the environment, nature, and climate change, and about the relationship between the urban and alpine worlds. Its exhibitions and events extend far beyond the scope of the Alps as a region. While ALPS is open to all points of view, it is anything but neutral: its aim is to inspire lifeworlds that are creative and constructive – not just for society but for every single one of us too.
ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum
Bern
Switzerland
History and tradition
ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum: Exhibitions, events and exchange on everything that moves people and mountains.
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Adresse
ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum
Helvetiaplatz 4
3005
Bern
Switzerland
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Tuesday - Sunday:
10:00-17:00
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Currently and upcoming
Event
Thu, 29.10.2026, 19.30-21 h Quirky perspectives, curious questions and surprising stories await you at the pub quiz on the exhibition about souvenirs and travel clichés. Pub quizmaster Lucas Orellano ...
Event
Thu, 12.11.2026, 6-8 p.m. The iconic wooden cows, the postcard collection from Zermatt or the selfie on the Jungfraujoch? Together we will take a close look at the audience's mountain stories. Which ...
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Wed, 03.02.2027, 17.30-19 h Julia Wunsch works at the intersection of photography, storytelling and sustainability. The founder of Swissmountaingirls talks about collaborations, the staging of places ...
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Mon, 22.02.2027, 17-19.30 h Wood carvings have been part of the Alpine souvenir universe since the 19th century: they tell of craftsmanship, identity and tourist images of Switzerland. In this ...
Exhibition
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The car is as much a part of 20th-century leisure culture as the Tremola is to the Gotthard Pass. Sunday trips to the countryside, picnics at the top of the pass, or a holiday drive down south – the ...
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During the scorching summer of 2026, dozens of Swiss glaciers had disappeared, including the Bella Tola Glacier in the Val d’Anniviers. ETH Zurich has been tracking the ice masses of the Alps for 171 ...
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Whether selfie, postcard, stone or magnet - souvenirs preserve memories of our mountain trips. The new exhibition at the Lost and Found Office for Memories focuses on these souvenirs and their stories ...
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Traditional music is a reflection of our time: multi-voiced, contradictory, and vibrant. Alpine Sounds explores the fascination it exerts, the associated clichés, and new ways of approaching it. What ...