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Museum Tours in Switzerland

Museum Tours in Switzerland attract a large number of tourists as well as locals, and in a lot of ways make a major contribution to the tourist industry in Switzerland.

The country of Switzerland has been endowed with the most beautiful of mountains, like the majestic Matterhorn, and the Weisshorn, and one of the most beautiful collection of lakes like the Lake Neuchatel, Lake Constance, Lake Zurich, and the Lake Lucerne. These lakes and mountains are major tourist attractions. The Swiss Alps are famous for offering the greatest skiing attractions. However, there are other tourist attractions in Switzerland.

One of the most important Museums in Switzerland, is the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, in fact this part of a group of eight museums that are spread across the country. It is part of most of the Museum Tours in Switzerland. The Swiss National Museum, leads you through the history of the country right from the Roman era.

The Natural History Museum in Geneva has an interesting collection of Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera from the world of insects.

Switzerland has about seven hundred museums. These are embodiments of the rich cultural life that Switzerland has. Quite a few of these museums are endowed with a rich collection of art. In fact, the ancient churches and monasteries that are found in the region have a rich store house of ancient art and literature. The same can be said for the castles that hail back to the medieval ages, as well as the ancient mansions that are found in the region. These are some of the reasons that Museum Tours in Switzerland are very popular with tourists and visitors.

This is the largest natural history museum in Switzerland. It is loved by children, and has quite a few scientist in its staff. Each floor of this huge museum has something to offer. For example, the first floor of this museum is exclusively meant for birds and mammals, the second floor is dedicated to insects and other invertebrates, amphibians, and reptiles. A huge attraction of this museum is the reconstructed skeleton of the tyrannosaurus rex (T-Rex), Lucy.

Another museum that is frequently included in the Museum Tours in Switzerland is the Museum of Cultures at Basel. This museum was earlier known as the Ethnographic Museum Basel. The Museum of Cultures Basel has an important collection of artifacts from Mesoamerica, Bali, Tibet and the region of the South Pacific. In fact this particular museum also sponsors relevant expeditions. The museum has a rich, and a rare collection of historic photographs.

The Ballenberg, at Brienz, is also included in a large number of Museum Tours in Switzerland. This is an open air museum and has a large, and an interesting collection of traditional architecture. You may be excited to know that the buildings that you would find at the Ballenberg, have been transported from their original locations! In fact some of the old style factories that you will find here are still functional so that visitors get an idea of how factories worked in the olden times. You will also enjoy watching how cheese is made, in the section that houses rural industries. To add to the effect, live farm animals have been kept here!

The tour operators arrange for transportation, and the Museum Tours are conveniently arranged so that the tourists do not fact any discomfort.

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