The Historisches Museum combines an important ethnographic collections together with the Bernese historical collections from prehistory to the present day. The museum's holdings comprise some 250,000 objects. The Burgundian tapestries, the Königsfeld Diptych, the bronze hydria from Grächwil, as well as a series of ethnographic and numismatic collections, enjoy international fame.
Besides the special exhibitions the museum shows also the following permanent exhibitions:

• Stone Age, Celts and Romans
• From the Early Middle Ages to the Ancien Régime
• Burgundian Tapestries
• Bern’s Silver Treasure
• Bern and the 20th century
• Art from Asia and Oceania
• American Indians – Diversity of Cultures in America
• Treasures form the tombes of ancient Egypte
• Einstein Museum

DigiBern is a web offer by the University Library of Berne and includes digitized texts and maps pertaining to the history and culture of Berne city and the canton of Berne.