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<< Our Photo Pages >> Museum Schwab - Museum in Switzerland in Bern

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MuseumsSite Name: Museum Schwab
Country: Switzerland Canton: Bern Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Bern  Nearest Village: Biel
Latitude: 47.139120N  Longitude: 7.242180E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Re: Museum Schwab by aolson on Sunday, 13 October 2019
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Note: New name

Now called the Neues Museum Biel / Nouveau Museum Bienne, the archaeological exhibition consists of the 150 year old Schwab Collection and more recent finds from the Archeological Service of the Canton Bern.

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Re: Museum Schwab by aolson on Sunday, 13 October 2019
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47.13912, 7.24218 accuracy 5 [updated]
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Re: Museum Schwab by aolson on Sunday, 12 February 2017
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In 2012 the Museum Schwab merged with another museum and changed its name to the New Biel Museum (Neues Museum Biel) The street address is now next door at Seevorstadt 52 http://www.nmbiel.ch
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