The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The exhibits show the development from simple bows to crossbows, and of firearms from the mediaeval “hand gun” to the modern assault rifle. Many valuable weapons are presented, including rifled muskets with inlay-work in bone and horn. Amongst the most significant exhibits is the large silver trophy which King Willem III of the Netherlands donated … Read more » “Swiss Museum of Rifle Associations”
The CentrePasquArt (Kunsthaus) organizes exhibitions on contemporary art. The Centre gives artists and visitors the possibility to meet, to discuss and to watch new trends and developments in art.
The museum (Neues Museum Biel) exhibits paintings by Karl Walser (1877-1943) and works by the writer Robert Walser (1878-1956), the history of the watchmaking industry, the world of a bourgeois family from the end of the 19th century, The collection of W. Piasio and the famous archaeological collection of Friedrich Schwab and his successors.
The Museum presents the history of the firm Omega and many objects of its watch making industry in Biel. The collection includes about 4 000 watches, clocks, instruments, tools, photos, engravings, posters and awards, all put into historical perspective.