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1. Mineralienmuseum Cristallina
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
2. L'Arche de Noe
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Visite de la galerie de l'Arche de Noé et découverte de plus de 3500 animaux naturalisés et mis en scène dans leur décor naturel. Grâce à sa diversité, voyagez à travers tous les continents ! Vous serez impressionnés par l'originalité et la qualité de la préparation des animaux. Une véritable découverte pour petits et grands. Vous y découvrirez également des expositions originales et ludiques telles que "Manimal" qui mets en scène des mannequins humains à tête d'animaux, "Proies et prédateurs : scène de chasse" qui nous apprends des faits surprenants sur les scènes de chasse naturelles ou encore "Les fables de La Fontaine" représentant une dizaine des célèbres fables de La Fontaine avec des animaux naturalisés ! Possibilité de découvrir le travail du taxidermiste grâce à un petit film et à travers un fenêtre donnant sur l'atelier de travail.
3. Schweizer Strahler Museum Werner Schmidt
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
SCHWEIZER STRAHLER MUSEUM SCHMIDT vom Berufs Strahler Werner Schmidt. Erleben Sie die Magie der Kristalle und Mineralien der Exztraklasse im originalen Schweizer Strahler Museum im Wallis. Mit seinem einzigartigen und grössten Quarz Kristall Fund von 800 Kilo und 1.11 Meter Länge der je im Alpenraum geborgen wurde. Herzlich willkommen im Schweizer Strahler Museum - Walliserbergkristalle - Schweizerbergkristalle Ausstellung und Steinheimisch Alpinschmuck in Mörel - Filet.
4. Andre Gorsatt Mineralien Binntal
5. Museum of Natural History of Bern
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4.5 based on 121 reviews
Popular in Bern - observed in the whole world. The Natural History Museum Bern was officially founded in 1832. In 1936 it moved into a new building in Bernastrasse deemed an excellent example of the “Neue Sachlichkeit“ style. The building was extended in 1998. The museum has 5100 square metres of exhibition space and an international reputation founded initially on its historical dioramas. Aside from Barry, the NMBE is famous for housing the giant Planggenstock crystals and for outstanding contemporary exhibitions such as «Apocalypse - End without End». The museum's collection contains around 6.5 million objects. The Naturhistorisches Museum Bern is also a place of research conducted by the 22 scientists responsible for the collections, and functions as a venue for cultural events - most recently the “Help, it's alive!“ series and the “Dead animal bar“
Reviewed By thisdrinkinglife - Basel, Switzerland
Went up to Bern with the young toddler for a few hours to see the dinosaur exhibition in the Museum as the lad is obsessed with anything prehistoric. Got a tram from near the train station, was not too long of a trip, 4 stops and dropped off at the main History Museum. The Natural History Museum is around the corner and to the side. Was well chuffed to only pay 10 Swiss Francs, and of course the lad was free entry. Went straight to the dino section and naturally the young fella was immediately captivated. Some very big dinosaur exhibits on display, all moving and all scary looking. Very good effort and we were well impressed. We ventured around and saw the rest of the main collections of animals from different regions, the animal fossils, the minerals and rocks section, and a nice surprise to see the famous Barry, the original "St. Bernard" dog so loved in Switzerland. Even though the place was absolutely packed with young kids, (which was a surprise for an October Thursday!) it was still relatively easy to see all the exhibits and get some good photos as everything is well laid out and there is plenty of room to get and see everything. In fact the dinosaur set up was so impressive we decided to have another look before we headed home. Loved the museum and will be back for sure. A lot to see, and the exhibits are very well presented. I think the Dinosaur exhibition is only temporary so I recommend to anyone to get there before it goes as its very impressive. 10/10
6. Museum of Natural History (Museum d'Histoire naturelle)
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4.5 based on 683 reviews
Reviewed By myelessar - Geneva, Switzerland
The museum offers a very large selection of stuffed animals in their natural environment. This is fantastic for young children as they can realise how big they are and how they actually look like. I highly recommend a visit!
7. Fossil Museum of Monte San Giorgio
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4.5 based on 54 reviews
Remodeled and expanded by the Ticinese architect Mario Botta, the Museum of fossils from Monte San Giorgio was inaugurated the 13th of october of 2012. The structure exhibits a selection of fossilized animals and plants from the unique UNESCO World Heritage Site of Monte San Giorgio.
Reviewed By chibakun - Cologne, Germany
This museum is one of the rarest and most important collection of fossils in the world from this period - some perfectly conserved examples being from 5 million years before the dinosaurs we know of normally. Very well organized and set in a beautiful scenery as well.
8. MEG Musee d’ethnographie de Geneve
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4.5 based on 197 reviews
Reviewed By suemike_12 - Geneva, Switzerland
The modern museum is well organised and easy to use iPad are offered in various languages to aid navigation around the exhibition. Although heavily weighing on the Brothers Grimm stories it's still a learning experience well presented and with fun dressing up stuff for the kids. Some good video footage too from the 1930s and we learnt about using these tales for propaganda too. The permanent exhibition is well worth spending some time on. There are cloakrooms, toilets, lifts and a pleasant coffee shop.
9. Naturmuseum Winterthur
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4.5 based on 30 reviews
10. Jurassica Museum
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
JURASSICA is a multi-site museum and university institution supported by the Jules Thurmann Foundation. Today, the institution is a Swiss reference in terms of the natural sciences of the Jura arc, whose two poles of excellence are paleontology and botany. Its organization is original in many respects as it includes: • A museum; • A botanical garden, living transplant of its museum spaces; • An auxiliary scientific service in geosciences, an academic label recognized for its contribution to research and teaching; • Satellites, real experimental points on the ground. The heritage of which it has the conservation and the management is also exceptional, in particular by its collections of dinosaur footprints or even its fauna of marine vertebrates of Jurassic.
