- Collection
Catalogues and research
Many of the museum’s objects are recorded on our catalogue and thus accessible to a wide audience: from a hand-cranked telephone to curiosities from the world of philately to the small Saurer post bus from 1939. The database also contains photographs, posters and diagrams from the history of Swiss telecommunication.
Please contact us directly for enquiries regarding the collection or to order pictures.
Other avenues of research
Didn’t find what you were looking for? For a more in-depth search on the topic of communication and postal history, you can also access the catalogues of the PTT-Archives and our joint library .
To carry out a broader search we also recommend accessing the Swiss Museum collections. It contains the collections of several Swiss museums.
Contact
Museum of Communication
Helvetiastrasse 16
3006 Berne
Phone: 031 357 55 55
Email: communicationmail-mfkch
Consulting and Research
Images from any of the catalogues are protected by copyright and can only be used following approval from the competent authorities. If you wish to use visual material for reproduction purposes, please refer to our regulations governing such use as well as the general legal terms and conditions. Please use the direct link below the individual database descriptions for orders and enquiries.