Zentrum Paul Klee

Bern
Switzerland
Zentrum Paul Klee
Zentrum Paul Klee
Zentrum Paul Klee
Art
Bern, capital of Switzerland and UNESCO World Heritage Site received a new landmark in 2005: the Zentrum Paul Klee. The bold masterpiece in steel and glass designed by leading Italian architect Renzo Piano is worth a visit in itself. But it is also home to selected works, mainly drawings, from the world's largest collection of works by Paul Klee (1879-1940) and temporary exhibitions of further important modern and contemporary artists. What's more, the Zentrum Paul Klee offers events such as concerts, readings and guided tours and is one of the most attractive Event & Congress Location in Switzerland.
Unique cultural center
The Zentrum Paul Klee offers new access to one of the most important artists of modernism and is a meeting place for young and old. The wave-shaped building by Renzo Piano blends into the landscape like a sculpture in the urban panorama.

The Zentrum Paul Klee is the competence center for the research, mediation and presentation of Paul Klee. Part of the world's most comprehensive collection of Klee's works can be seen in the permanent exhibition Kosmos Klee. The Collection. For conservation reasons, the works have to be replaced regularly. This means that a new insight into the work of Paul Klee can be seen time and again. Based on Klee's pictorial thinking and his multifaceted oeuvre, we open our eyes to far-reaching themes. In the other impressive exhibition room, up to three exhibitions on important artists are shown each year. Our art educators regularly offer guided tours in four languages and an interdisciplinary, inclusive accompanying program to give all visitors access to the art on display.

Music, literature and event location
The cultural offerings of the multi-disciplinary venue are just as diverse as Paul Klee's work, with master concerts and readings by authors from German-speaking countries. The Zentrum Paul Klee is also one of Switzerland's most renowned event and conference venues. In the Creaviva studios, everyone can playfully try their hand at form and color and then satisfy their hunger with regional delicacies in the museum café or in the Schöngrün restaurant. The Fruchtland and the community garden around the building also offer instructive insights into the museum's own fauna and flora and a walking trail with spectacular views.


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Zentrum Paul Klee

Monument im Fruchtland 3
3006
Bern
Switzerland
Opening hours
Open all year from
Tuesday - 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
Contact and additional information
+41 31 359 01 01

Currently and upcoming

Anni Albers, Intersecting, 1962,Baumwolle und Kunstseide, 40×42 cm, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer  © 2025 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Prolitteris, Zurich
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Anni Albers (1899– 1994) was one of the leading figures of the 20th century in the field of textile design and textile art. As a Bauhaus student, she developed original fabrics using new materials as ...

Hans Fischli, Ohne Titel (Blatt aus der Serie Celerina), 1931, Tusche, Bleistift und Farbstift auf Papier, 21 × 27 cm, Nachlass Hans Fischli © Nachlass Hans Fischli
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Hans Fischli was a Swiss architect, artist and student of Paul Klee, Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky at the Bauhaus. After his return to Switzerland in the late 1920s, he produced a large series of ...

Kurt Schwitters, Die frühlingstür, 1938, Assemblage aus Öl, Holz, Gips, Metall, Schuhabsatz, Pappe und Leder(?) auf Holz genagelt, 87,8 × 72 cm. Courtesy Galerie Gmurzynska
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Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) is one of the most significant representatives of the international artistic avant-garde of the interwar years. He was a wilful crossover artist, who created an ...

Paul Klee, Ohne Titel (Blume und Schlange) [Rückseite von Kind und Drache], um 1940 Aquarell und Kleisterfarbe auf Gipsgrundierung auf Karton 33,5 × 42,5 cm Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Schenkung Livia Klee  © Zentrum Paul Klee
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When painting and drawing, Paul Klee often used both sides of the picture support, whether paper, cardboard or canvas. In around 600 of a total of 9,600 works, there are drawings, watercolours or ...

Anne Loch, ohne Titel (AL 235), 1987, Acryl auf Nessel, 280 × 370 cm (2-teilig), Nachlass Anne Loch  © Nachlass Anne Loch, Bern
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The German artist Anne Loch (1946–2014), who lived partly in Switzerland from the 1980s onwards, played with the conventions of representation and plumbed the limits of painting: in monumental ...

Florence Henri, Composition, 1928  © Martini & Ronchetti, courtesy archives Florence Henri
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Florence Henri was a real globetrotter of modernism. Born in New York in 1893, she lived with her family in Paris, Munich, Vienna and finally the Isle of Wight in England. As a young woman she stayed ...

Roberto Burle Marx, Plan Dachgarten, Ministério da Educação e Saúde (Ministerium für Bildung und Gesundheit), Rio de Janeiro, o. D. Gouache auf Papier 52 × 105,8 cm Acervo Instituto Burle Marx  © Roberto Burle Marx
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In the first half of the 20th century, the Brazilian artist Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994) revolutionised landscape architecture by transferring compositional principles from painting and music to ...

Paul Klee, Ohne Titel (Zweierlei Augenmass), um 1938, Kleisterfarbe und Aquarell auf Papier auf Karton, 44,4 × 59,2 cm, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern  © Zentrum Paul Klee
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The permanent exhibition offers visitors a chronological overview of Klee's artistic oeuvre and presents around seventy works as well as biographical material and archive items, which are changed ...