Large crowds at the new Museum of Communication
After the successful complete renovation, the Museum of Communication received over 50,000 visitors in five months, the best result in the history of the museum. In the new year, the museum also offers exhibitions and an innovation.
For once, 2017 starts in the middle of August at the Museum für Kommunikation: After five years of preparation, the completely refreshed museum opens its doors with the new core exhibition - and the public comes in droves. 8,500 visitors fill the museum on opening day, resulting in long traffic jams in front of the interactive racers such as the film karaoke. The new exhibition on around 2000 square meters draws the public into the adventurous world of communication, allowing them to marvel, play along and discover. They are accompanied by so-called communicators, personal hosts who invite visitors to talk, tell stories and unlock special features.
The bold concept and multi-layered scenography of the renowned office Kossmann.dejong from Holland is well received. By the end of the year, more than 50,000 visitors will have visited the museum. "This rush is a great confirmation of our work; if we complete the year with an average number of visitors until August, that would be over 100,000 visitors," says a delighted director Jacqueline Strauss. That is an increase of a quarter in just five months. This can be explained by the many satisfied visitors. In the visitor survey, many gave top marks for enjoyment, fun and learning - these good results were only topped by the communicators, who won over 99 percent of the visitors.
Also in 2018 a lot going on
At the end of 2017, the temporary exhibition Drawn 2017 provides additional guests. Due to its continuing success, the very well-visited press drawing exhibition will now even be extended until February 11, 2018. The promising start to the new year has thus been a success.
The next special exhibition will follow as early as March. With Extreme: 175 Years of Swiss Stamps (2.3. to 9.7.2018), the Museum of Communication presents a show of superlatives and exhibits the most expensive Swiss stamps with a total value of several million Swiss francs. Then, in November, the eagerly awaited first major temporary exhibition since 2015 opens. With Silence (Nov. 9, 2018 to July 7, 2019), the museum shows courage and ventures into a challenging but highly topical subject.
Entertainment is thus also provided in 2018. Especially because the Museum of Communication together with other Bernese museums (Alpine Museum, Kunsthalle Bern, Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Museum of Natural History, Schützenmuseum) under the title Museum Beer every Thursday from 22.3.-3.5.2018 combines aperitif and exhibition and allows the museum visit in the evening until 20 clock.
