Record year at the Museum of Communication

From January 1 to December 31, 2023, the Museum of Communication will welcome a total of 128,491 visitors. This is unprecedented in the museum's 116-year history. The previous record year was 2019 with around 116,000 visits. 25 years ago, only 35,000 people visited the museum. The museum has changed a lot since then and continues to surprise visitors with new ideas.

The exhibition NOTHING, which opened in November and will be on display until July 21, 2024, has contributed to its success, with the unusual theme attracting many curious visitors. In the first few weeks, over 14,000 visitors have already embarked on the adventure of a journey into nothingness. Planetopia - Space for World Change was also very successful. The exhibition on ecological crises ran until summer 2023.

Director Jacqueline Strauss is delighted: "This result confirms our work. We are a museum with a committed attitude - for example towards innovation, sustainability, digitalization and diversity. Visitors can sense that. And they obviously like it! Given the strong competition in the leisure market, it is not a matter of course that we were able to attract even more visitors." She also sees it as a good starting point for Museumsquartier Bern, which relies on strong individual players.

The Museum of Communication offers a unique encounter with the world of communication in Switzerland. In 2019, it was awarded the prestigious Council of Europe Museum Prize for its interactive exhibitions - only the third museum in Switzerland to do so. The museum was founded in 1907 and welcomed 100,000 visitors in 2022. The Museum of Communication is part of the pioneering Museumsquartier Bern project. Eleven institutions in Bern's Kirchenfeld district are moving closer together and developing a new urban and experiential space.