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Bern

Einstein Museum

  • Address
    • Kramgasse 49
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 031 312 00 91
  • Price
    • adult/student Sfr6/4.50
  • Hours
    • 10am-5pm Feb-Dec

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Lonely Planet review for Einstein Museum

The world’s most famous scientist developed his special theory of relativity in Bern in 1905. Find out more at the small museum inside the humble apartment where Einstein lived with his young family between 1903 and 1905 while working in the Bern patent office. Upstairs, a 20-minute biographical film tells his life story, while displays elsewhere flesh out the story of the subsequent general equation – E=mc², or energy equals mass times the speed of light squared – which fundamentally changed our understanding of space, time and the universe. The heartbreaking story of his wife Mileva’s life provides a poignant contrast to his fabled scientific success.