St Bernard dogs honoured at Swiss museum

St Bernard dogs in the hills at the Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland (AP Photo/Jez Fielder)

At the Great St Bernard Pass high in the Swiss Alps, the eponymous dogs still walk the same mountain paths their ancestors patrolled for hundreds of years to find travellers buried beneath the snow.

Down in the valley, a living museum honouring the Swiss national dog’s history – and its future – is marking its first year.