Rural life in the Swiss mountains and plains: The rural open-air exhibition at Ballenberg in the Bernese Alps
This prize-winning site offers a superb insight into traditional living and working conditions in historical Switzerland covering all Alpine and non-Alpine regions of Switzerland. Rural farmhouses, Alpine granaries, etc. have been transferred and re-erected. You may also try to bake traditional bread, to make soft cheese etc.
Welcome and introduction by Mirjam Koring, Division Manager Exhibitions, Education and Engagement, Swiss Open-Air Museum Ballenberg
In rotation in groups of 10
House tour 1: Stefan Kunz (SNSF project 'Human and House'): Adelboden BE
House tour 2: Linda Imhof (SNSF project 'Human and House'): Cugnasco TI
House tour 3: Martin Stuber: Sachseln OW (new permanent exhibition 'Forestry Museum')
Duration:
26 August 2023, 08:00-18:30
Price:
Excursion, standard rate: 40 CHF
Excursion, SBB Halbtax holders: 25 CHF
Excursion, SBB GA and Swiss Travel Pass holders: 10 CHF
Add a pre-booked full lunch (including soft drinks, coffee/tea): 25 CHF
Contact:
martin.stuber@unibe.ch
