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
Thursday 1 January 2026 New Year 10:00 – 17:00
Friday 2 January 2026 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 6 April 2026 Easter Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 25 May 2026 Whit Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Friday 1 January 2027 New Year 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday 2 January 2027 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Friday 2 January 2026 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 6 April 2026 Easter Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Monday 25 May 2026 Whit Monday 10:00 – 17:00
Friday 1 January 2027 New Year 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday 2 January 2027 Berchtold's Day 10:00 – 17:00
Currently and upcoming
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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 ...
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On the occasion of the exhibition Kirchner × Kirchner (12.9.2025–11.1.2026) Kunstmuseum Bern is showing Swiss art from across three centuries in an extensive display from its collection. In his ...
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The 25 outstanding works of the Expressionism Foundation at the Kunstmuseum Bern were assembled by Hans Rudolf and Silvia Tschumi, a family from the Bern area. The founders set themselves the goal of ...
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One of the treasures of the Kunstmuseum Bern’s collection is the significant holding of works of earlier art. The presentation Life in Full. Old Masters from Duccio to Liotard places a particular ...
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Franz Gertsch (1930-2022) is seen as a Swiss pioneer of photorealism and a master of the modern woodcut. The retrospective Franz Gertsch. Blow-Up, shown in two parts in the Kunstmuseum Bern and the ...
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Featuring some 70 works, the exhibition Journey into Freedom. Capri – Skagen – Monte Verità sheds light on the phenomenon of the European artists’ colony in Europe between 1830 and 1930. In an age of ...