Schöpf Map: Description of the Region in Old Bern
August 03, 2020 8:00 October 25, 2020 19:00
Exhibition Marking the 500th Anniversary of the Birth of City Physician Thomas Schöpf August 3 through October 25, 2020
Münstergasse Library, Münstergasse 61, Bern, Exhibition Space in the Vaulted Cellar
Opening Hours: Mon–Fri: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Starting in August, we will resume our event program. We will make up for canceled events and present new ones. Face masks are required, the number of seats is limited, and all attendees must sign in on a list.
Guided Tours of the Exhibition
with Michael Schläfli, curator of the exhibition and head of the University Library’s map collections. Register at [email protected] Tue, August 11, 2020, 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Wed, August 19, 2020, 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Thu, September 3, 2020, 5:30–6:15 p.m. Tue, September 22, 2020, 12:30–1:15 p.m. Wed, October 7, 2020, 5:30–6:15 p.m. Thu, October 22, 2020, 5:30–6:15 p.m.
The exhibition catalog can be purchased as a special edition from the University Library of Bern in the vaulted cellar of the Münstergasse Library or ordered by mail as a special issue from Cartographica Helvetica.
Accompanying Program:
Thomas Schöpf (1520–1577), Plague Doctor and Front Man for the Large Map of the City-State of Bern Dr. Anne-Marie Dubler, historian Thu, August 13, 2020, 6:00–7:00 p.m. Event Hall, Münstergasse Library, Bern, Münstergasse 63, 1st basement level
_Geography as a State Secret: The Manuscripts Related to the Schöpf Map _Guided tour in the Hallersaal of the Burgerbibliothek Dr. Florian Mittenhuber Tue, August 18, 5:30–6:30 p.m. Burgerbibliothek Bern, Münstergasse 63, Foyer Max. 20 participants
_Where Is Listhartz? – Thomas Schöpf and the Bern Place-Name Book _Dr. Thomas Schneider, Research Center for Onomastics, Institute of German Studies, University of Bern Tue, October 13, 2020, 12:30 p.m. Event Hall, Münstergasse Library, Bern, Münstergasse 63, 1st basement level
_Deadly Epidemics: Social and Economic Upheavals During the Time of Bern’s City Physician Thomas Schöpf (1520–1577) _Dr. Anne-Marie Dubler, historian Tue, October 20, 2020, 6:15–7:00 p.m. Unitobler Lerchenweg 36, Bern, Lecture Hall F023 In collaboration with the Historical Society of the Canton of Bern