The Kunstmuseum Bern is the oldest fine art museum in Switzerland with a permanent collection. It enjoys a worldwide reputation thanks to works by Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Hodler, and Meret Oppenheim. Its ever-growing holdings currently encompass over 4,000 paintings and sculptures, as well as some 45,000 drawings, engravings, photographs, films, and videos. This makes it not only one of the most outstanding and multifarious collections in Switzerland but also one of international significance due to its collections of works from the “classical” modern era. Besides it's permanent collection the Kunstmuseum Bern additionally shows themed and large monographic exhibitions.
Kunstmuseum Bern
Bern
Switzerland
Art
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Address
Kunstmuseum Bern
Hodlerstrasse 8-12
3011
Bern
Switzerland
Opening hours
Open all year from
Tuesday:
10:00-20:00
Wednesday - Sunday:
10:00-17:00
Closed on
Wednesday 1 January 2025 New Year 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday 2 January 2025 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 21 April 2025 Easter Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 9 June 2025 Whit Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday 1 January 2026 New Year 10:00 – 17:00
Friday 2 January 2026 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday 2 January 2025 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 21 April 2025 Easter Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 9 June 2025 Whit Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday 1 January 2026 New Year 10:00 – 17:00
Friday 2 January 2026 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Currently in this museum
Exhibition
Bern
,
Switzerland
Amy Sillman (b. 1955) is an important voice in American contemporary painting. Since the 1990s, she has consistently questioned the medium via drawing, printmaking and writing, as well as by making ...
Exhibition
Bern
,
Switzerland
The Rupf Collection, on permanent loan to the Kunstmuseum Bern, is closely associated with the story of the important gallery owner and defender of the Cubists, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Bern ...