Albert Einstein was living in Bern when he created his famous formula E=mc2 in 1905 and with his Relativity Theory revolutionized our conceptions of space and time.

Einstein's Life and Workas a permanent exhibit

350,000 visitors from all over the world saw the Jubilee Exhibition on the life and work of this genius of physics in 2005/06. Reason enough for the Historisches Museum in Bern to present the show in concentrated form as a permanent exhibit under the name “Einstein Museum”.

In an area of 1200 sq m lavishly staged original memorabilia, written records and film documentaries describe Einstein’s life and at the same time illustrate the history of the twentieth century. Animation films, experiments and a virtual journey through the cosmos explain Einstein's revolutionary theories in a clear and easy-to-understand way.

All exhibition texts presented in German/French/English. Audioguide in 7 languages.

Meeting Einstein – Experiencing Physics:

	Albert Einstein private and personal
	The Wonder Year 1905
	A Life – an epoch in world history
	Unique historical audio- and film material
	The Michelson-Morley Experiment
	Understanding the Relativity Theory*
	Experiencing the Muon Experiment**
	Virtual journey through the cosmos*

* in collaboration with the Department of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Tübingen.

Around the exhibition

The best-selling Einstein Picture Book

Albert Einstein - The Persistent Illusion of Transcience

The ideal gift for all science lovers. This beautifully designed book features a significant number of previously unreleased documents and photographs from the Albert Einstein Archives and links them together with short introductions to chapters about Einstein’s private life, his scientific achievements and his political activities.

The new volume represents a substantially enlarged English edition of a title originally published as a version to supplement the permanent exhibition on Albert Einstein at the Jewish National and University Library.