We would have easily given this museum five stars, but with absolutely no air conditioning during…read morehorrendous summer heat - which would better preserve the apartment and its original furniture - the interior is brutally hot in July! It's difficult for visitors to enjoy the history in such conditions.
Regardless, it is a fascinating preservation of the tiny second-floor apartment Albert Einstein and his long-suffering wife Mileva shared with their infant son for four months in 1905. It was during this brief timespan that the famed scientist developed his most famous equation E = mc^2 that had profound effects on nuclear physics.
The museum is a rare Swiss facility that actually provides information in English, which was greatly appreciated by all guests. Above the Einstein's preserved apartment on the second floor, the third floor which was originally unrelated to their history was added to the museum to provide information about the scientist's life without interfering with the layout of their former living space. That is a wide decision.
