History of the Museum of Communication

In 1893 the Swiss Postal Administration began to collect objects and documents related to the postal and transport systems, as well as philately.
In 1907 the first Post Museum was established in the Bollwerk Post building in Berne.
From 1949 on it was called the «Swiss PTT Museum»; the telecommunications collection was added.
In 1990 the museum moved to its new building in the Helvetiastrasse 16.
In December 1996 the PTT-Museum was changed into a foundation. It was renamed the «Museum of Communication» in March 1997. This marked the beginning of a new era in the museum's policy, uniting historical consciousness with new and current issues.
May 2003: Opening of the new permanent exhibition «so near and yet so far: People and their Media».
The permanent exhibitions entitled “As Time Goes Byte” and “Bilder, die haften” [Images that stick] were opened in May 2007.
Following five years of preparatory work, the all new Museum of Communication opened its doors in August 2007. The museum had also invented a new occupation: communicators now introduced visitors to its core exhibition which covered an area of almost 2000 square metres.
In April 2019, the museum was awarded the renowned Council of Europe Museum Prize for its new overall design.