The Ryhiner Map Collection

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Map collections as memories of the world

The Ryhiner map collection is one of the most valuable and outstanding collections of the world. It consists of more than 15,000 maps, charts, plans and views from the 16th to the 18th century, covering the whole globe. Together with the 20,000 manuscript maps of the State Archives, the Canton of Berne owns not only a local, but a worldwide geographical memory. It's our duty to preserve this cultural heritage and make it accessible.

Map Collection

  • Tabular summary

    Catalogues

  • Digital map archives (several images)
  • Library catalog IDS Basel Bern
  • Switzerland, (maps, town plans and topographical views): Clickable map
  • Great Britain, examples of bibliographical records.
  • Mapmakers (up to now 2200 entries), a dictionary of all the names we're using by creation of the catalogue

    Exhibition
  • Der Weltensammler
    • , with an Exhibition catalogue in German.

    Books In Preparation

  • Catalog of the Ryhiner Map Collection
    • Are you interested? Please contact us!

    Research project

  • The Ryhiner Map Collection - a scientific indexing project
  • Making the Ryhiner Map Collection Accessible, World Wide Web as a possible aid in the provision and distribution of old maps

    For more information about the Ryhiner Map Collection, send email to thomas.kloeti@stub.unibe.ch (Dr. Thomas Klöti), Municipal and University Library Berne.

    More useful links

  • Celestial Atlas (1826) by Franz Niklaus König (28 plates)
  • Cartographica Helvetica
  • Swiss Map Librarians (in German), Reports (in English)
  • Useful cartography-related sites

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    Last updated: 11/2000, mailto:thomas.kloeti@stub.unibe.ch (Thomas Klöti), Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Bern, Switzerland.