visitors can not only enjoy culinary delights but also one of the most unique Michael Jackson museums in Europe What once began as a private collection is now a small treasure trove of pop history The Linder family has been running Brasserie 98 in Steffisburg BE for 40 years the restaurant has also been home to a museum Stephan Francis Linder is the son of landlord Franz Urs Linder and is responsible for the underground museum He explains: "The company Thomas Käppeli was a regular customer at Brasserie 98." He met the King of Pop himself several times and exhibited many unique pieces in a restaurant in Thun "When the city of Thun wanted to demolish his restaurant to plan a development the restaurant had to close," says Linder "As my father had always paid tribute to pop art culture in the brasserie and always had Michael Jackson playing through the loudspeakers it made sense for us to take over part of the collection." more and more collectibles were added and a museum was created in the vaulted cellar below Brasserie 98 "Most of the collection consists of original items." For example the contract from 1985 for the global hit "We Are the World" signed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie Also hanging on the walls are various gold and platinum records for records sold in Austria and Germany the Holy Grail of the museum is not a piece of paper or an item of clothing - but the 100 Million Award; an award for 100 million records sold "There are only four of these awards in the world The owners of this valuable award are Georg Bush Senior the AWARD manufacturer itself and our family," says Linder proudly Although the museum has no competition in Europe the family wants to keep the restaurant small and refined "We keep getting requests from collectors who want to sell us something." He usually turns them down: "We want to stay small because the location doesn't offer any more space." The museum has space for around 20 visitors Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Non-members can add the privileges at checkout through our 30 day free trial By continuing I accept the Terms & Condition and Privacy Policy. I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels and ferdinand hodler and carried until today by many other artists the object’s shape is inspired by the mountain panorama.  gastronomic degustations and open leisure activities that celebrate the sublimeness of the alpine bernese landscape and territory the pavilion features ad-hoc furniture realized with concrete casting boards to match the surrounding yellow rapeseed flower fields the wooden roof structure consists of an ‘open truss’ system that allows the suspension of a rooftop membrane that inverts the load forces and optimizes the natural structure resistance performance of the wood construction the pavilion is designed as a temporary structure that can be efficiently rebuilt in different contexts and host various cultural open-air events project initiator: art container steffisburg / gemeinde steffisburg design: antonio scarponi / conceptual devices events and artistic direction: ines meyer döring designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style This article was originally published by Mennonite World Review | October 9, 2017 | | | | | | This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.