Museum of Communication

Hilltop fires, smartphones and cyborgs

More direct access than ever before: besides interactive displays, surprising objects and large-scale video screens, visitors to the Museum of Communication will now also be introduced to the fascinating world of communication by people made of flesh and blood, by our communicators.
A stagecoach, microchip implants or an original getaway car used in the robbery of the century? The new core exhibition examines all forms of communication, which has always connected human beings. But why do we communicate? And who do we communicate with? The exhibition explores these fundamental questions in a playful manner whilst calling on its visitors to contribute their expert thoughts.
You can take part in a game of film karaoke and re-enact famous scenes, you can breach your opponent’s firewall in a hacking game – you can try something different every time you visit the museum.

 

You see a boy opening one of the two doors of a mini house and smiling at the camera. In a round window hole between the doors, you see another boy sitting and building a tower out of wooden blocks.
Museum of Communication
Find Ratatösk
until Mo, 19.08.2030

Ratatösk? This name is not made up: it is the name of the squirrel in Nordic mythology, where it is a communicator – carrying messages on the world tree. This is how the dragon at the foot of the tree and the eagle in the crown are able to communicate with each other.

 

The cheeky mascot has been hidden in 12 locations in the museum. Children will find exciting games everywhere you see his picture.

 

A tree with many peepholes and a paternoster lift form the end of ‘Find Ratatösk’. The tree is home to 35 Ratatösks made in the 2016/2017 school year by pupils from the Lorraine School in Bern. This participation project is carried out every year with a different school.

 

Museum of Communication
DANCE!
until Su, 20.07.2025

At the club, on stage, when creating TikTok content or cooking a meal: if we hear a song we like, we all begin to dance! Sometimes we barely notice, but other times the feeling is so intense that we are oblivious to the world around us.

 

But why do we actually dance? What are the stories that we tell using our bodies? What is it that causes red faces, that attracts, irritates or thrills us when we see people dancing? The exhibition DANCE! will invite us to immerse ourselves in a world of rhythmical movement and allow ourselves to get carried away.

 


The content is taught in German, French and English.

Because of the use of headphones, a visit to the exhibition is not recommended for children under four.

 

Close-up of the main character Mina with white bicycle helmet and glasses. Teenager in the background.
Museum of Communication
Dancing Queen
until We, 02.04.2025
Three people from behind in skimpy costumes with lots of feathers. Desert and a van in the background.
Museum of Communication
Gesellschaft&Tanz: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Tu, 01.04.2025
A person with a naked torso, white fabric on his arms and red trousers post in the style of voguing.
Museum of Communication
Come on, vogue
Fr, 09.05.2025
Circle of light in purple and pink on a flat wall, with a plant in front of it casting its shadow on the wall.
Museum of Communication
1 Hour DANCE!
Th, 12.06.2025 – Th, 26.06.2025
You see an exhibition room in bluish light with boxes on the wall and a brain made of fabric hanging from the ceiling. Four people, a woman, a man and two children are in the room, each holding an audio guide to their ear.
Museum of Communication
Hilltop fires, smartphones and cyborgs
The core exhibition
Permanent exhibition

More direct access than ever before: besides interactive displays, surprising objects and large-scale video screens, visitors to the Museum of Communication will now also be introduced to the fascinating world of communication by people made of flesh and blood, by our communicators.

 

A stagecoach, microchip implants or an original getaway car used in the robbery of the century? The new core exhibition examines all forms of communication, which has always connected human beings. But why do we communicate? And who do we communicate with? What is required for us to understand each other? The exhibition explores these fundamental questions in a playful manner whilst calling on its visitors to contribute their expert thoughts.

 

Numerous newly developed points of adventure await you. You can take part in a game of film karaoke and re-enact famous scenes, you can breach your opponent’s firewall in a hacking game or you can have a go at seeing through the data octopus’s game – you can try something different every time you visit the museum. At some point in the 2000 square metres of the exhibition you will surely meet one of our communicators. They will make each visit a personal and individual experience. How? Let us surprise you!