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
46.950975, 7.443572
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 and upcoming
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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 ...
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Marisa Merz (1926–2019) was one of the leading figures of the post-war Italian art scene, and closely associated with the Arte Povera group, the only woman to be so.
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Sexuality, madness, illness and death are the big themes that Carol Rama (1918 – 2015) addressed in her art. She is one of the outstanding modern women artists, who gained recognition late in life. As ...
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In 1933 the Kunsthalle Bern held the biggest retrospective of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in his lifetime. The German artist, now considered one of the most outstanding protagonists of classical modern art ...