Museum d′histoire naturelle

Initiated by Louis Agassiz and Louis Coulon, the museum was founded in 1835 in the current public library (Bibliotheque publique et universitaire). It is installed since 1978 in the former Ecole de commerce, built out of the local Hauterivian limestone ; architect Hans Rychner, 1853). Dioramas presenting a complete collection of birds and mammals living in Switzerland.