Opening Hours
Tuesday 10 - 21h
Wednesday to Sunday 10 - 17h
Mondays closed

Holidays
May 21 (Ascension) 10h – 17h
May 31 / June 1 (Pentecost) 10h – 17h
August 1 closed

Works by Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Hodler and Meret Oppenheim have made the Museum of Fine Arts Bern an institution with an international reputation. At the present time, the constantly growing and evolving collection consists of over 3,000 paintings and sculptures as well as 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films.

The roots of the museum’s history reach back to the revolutionary ideas proliferating
towards the end of the 18th century which, in 1809, led to the founding of the National Art Collection in Bern and, in 1879, to the opening of the first museum building.

Collection
The Museum of Fine Arts Bern is the oldest art museum in Switzerland with a permanent collection. The constantly growing and changing collection comprises works from the Gothic era to the present and currently comprises over 3,000 paintings and sculptures as well as 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films. This makes it not only one of the most important and variegated collections in Switzerland but, due to its collections of works from the classical modern, also one of international significance.