Address
Kunsthalle Bern
Helvetiaplatz 1
CH–3005 Bern
+41 (0) 31 350 00 40
info_at_kunsthalle-bern.ch
How to get here
Public transport
From the main station Bern Bahnhof (SBB) take tram 6 (Worb Dorf), 7 (Ostring), 8 (Saali) or bus 19 (Elfenau) to the stop Helvetiaplatz.
Car
Take the exit «Ostring» from the A6 highway (Bern – Thun) and drive via Burgernziel und Thunplatz direction «City» to Helvetiaplatz.
Opening hours
Tuesday – Friday, 11am – 6pm
Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 6pm
Monday closed
Entrance fees
adults: CHF 8.00
students / pensioners: CHF 5.00
children (up to 16 years) free
Free
Members, Patrons of Verein Kunsthalle Bern. Bernische Kunstgesellschaft, Berner Kunstfonds, Berufsverband Bildung Bern, Verein Museen Bern, Kultur-GA, Schweizer Museumspass, Raiffeisen, SGBK, VMS, Visarte Bern, IAA, ICOM, Swiss Travel Pass, Museumcard 24/48, Permit F, Permit N, Permit S.
Reduced fees
artCard, KulturLegi, student card, members Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker.
Additional information
The Kunsthalle Bern is available as a venue for private or corporate events: Inquiries can be addressed to the main offices +41 (0) 31 350 00 40.
Team
iLiana Fokianaki (she/her) – Director
Nino Baumgartner (he/him) – Facility manager
Florian Nya Bürki (they/them) – Head technician
Annina Herzer (she/her) – Communication, Fundraising, Editions
Julia Jost (she/her) – Archive
Claudia Heim (she/her) – Assistant Curator / Publications
Ursina Leutenegger (she/her) – Art Education
Gisela Stöckli (she/her) – Head of Administration
Reception and Bookshop:
Anaïs Boogman (she/her)
Lea Fuhrer (she/her)
Avo*Anna Marcus (they/them)
Alizé Rose-May Monod (they/them)
Niramy Pathmanathan
Christoph Studer
Board of Kunsthalle Bern
Lorenza Donati / Benjamin Dodell – Chair
Madeleine Amsler
Markus Gysi – Treasurer
Anisha Imhasly
Franz Krähenbühl – Delegate of BKG
Manuel Krebs
Karen Amanda Moser
Hannah Rocchi
Esther Schönenberger Bloch
Berit Seidel
Sereina Steinemann – Delegate of visarte.bern
Berner Kunstfonds
The Berner Kunstfonds was founded in 1993 by the Association Friends of Kunstmuseum Bern, the Association Kunsthalle Bern and the Bernese Art Society BKG in order to jointly intensify and coordinate the relationship with donors and patrons.
With your generous commitment you support both the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Kunsthalle Bern in a sustainable way and contribute to a lively art landscape in the city of Bern. Further information is available here.
History
«Overnight, Bern has become a city of art»
Berner Tagwacht, 23.10.1918
The Kunsthalle Bern owes its existence to the initiative taken by the Bernese Artists’ Society (GSMBA, Bern section).
Directors since 1918
1918 – 1930 Dr. Robert Kieser
1931 – 1946 Professor Dr. Max Huggler
1946 – 1955 Arnold Rüdlinger
1955 – 1961 Dr. Franz Meyer
1961 – 1969 Dr. Harald Szeemann
1970 – 1974 Dr. Carlo Huber
1974 – 1982 Johannes Gachnang
1982 – 1985 Jean-Hubert Martin
1985 – 1997 Dr. Ulrich Loock
1997 – 2005 Dr. Bernhard Fibicher
2005 – 2012 Philippe Pirotte
2012 – 2014 Fabrice Stroun
2015 – 2022 Valérie Knoll
2022–2024 Kabelo Malatsie
since 2024 iLiana Fokianaki
The Kunsthalle ist supported by Verein Kunsthalle Bern.
Literature on the history of the Kunsthalle Bern
Jean Christophe Ammann und Harald Szeemann, Von Hodler zur Antiform. Geschichte der Kunsthalle Bern, Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1970.
Hans Rudolf Reust, Aus dem Musée éclaté an den Ort des Werks, Kunsthalle Bern 1969-1993, Kunsthalle Bern 1993, ISBN 3-85780-088-7.
Florian Dombois und Valérie Knoll, im Tun. Eine Geschichte der Künstler*innen 2018-1993, Scheidegger & Spiess, 2018, ISBN: 978-3-85881-594-1.
Accessibility
Kunsthalle Bern:
Kunsthalle Bern is a building under monument protection and we seek to ensure accessibility in the best possible way. The main entrance is accessible via a ramp or stairs. Inside the building, the assistance of the reception staff is necessary to use the elevator to the lower floor, as well as the wheelchair-accessible toilet. Please ask the staff at the entrance for support.
Kunsthalle Bar:
Please contact the bar staff for access to the wheelchair-accessible restroom inside the Kunsthalle building. The public restroom by the bar is only accessible through stairs.
Anti-discrimination clause
Kunsthalle Bern works with people on the basis of their skills without discrimination and without regard to ethnic origin, ideology, religion, nationality, race, gender, sexual identity or age.
Kunsthalle Bern is a place of exchange of different perspectives in the programme. In this context, no discriminatory actions and statements based on racist and anti-Semitic attributions, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual or gender identity, religion, physical or mental illness, age, language or social status will be tolerated.
Kunsthalle Bern is subsidized by Kultur Stadt Bern.
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Imprint
Publisher:
Kunsthalle Bern
Helvetiaplatz 1
CH–3005 Bern
T +41 31 350 00 40
IBAN: CH57 0483 5020 3121 8100 0
SWIFT-Code: CRESCHZZ80A
Verein Kunsthalle Bern
3005 Bern
Editors: Team Kunsthalle Bern
Design: Aarushi Surana
© Kunsthalle Bern, the authors and artists, Bern, 2017