Support

Since it was founded in 1918, the Kunsthalle Bern is supported by its members. Supporting the Kunsthalle Bern, you can become part of a fantastic journey of more than 100 years, sharing in an incredible history of an institution that was, is and will be a location for the production and presentation of groundbreaking contemporary art.

Support the program of a diverse art institution and enjoy many personal benefits. We will be happy to inform you by telephone or in person about the memberships and their benefits. Please call us without obligation on +41 (0)31 350 00 43 or send us an e-mail

Since its foundation in 1918, the Kunsthalle Bern offers space for the production, presentation and mediation of contemporary art. Kunsthalle Bern, an institution with an international reputation and a worldwide network, offers to its audience the opportunity to negotiate aesthetic and social issues in a variety of forms and close to the urgent themes of the present. The realization of the exhibitions and event programs is possible thanks to the support of its members.

We welcome donations of all sizes. Join one of our support associations and experience a wide range of benefits such as free access to all exhibitions and exclusive invitations to guided tailor made tours and private events.

Bernische Kunstgesellschaft
Bernische Kunstgesellschaft promotes an understanding of contemporary art and supports young artists, the Kunstmuseum Bern, the Zentrum Paul Klee and the Kunsthalle Bern in particular.
Bernische Kunstgesellschaft organizes guided tours of exhibitions, visits to works of art in Switzerland and abroad, studio visits and lectures. Every year, it awards the Louise Aeschlimann and Margareta Corti Scholarship, the most highly endowed private art prize in the canton of Bern.

Berner Kunstfonds
Berner Kunstfonds was founded in 1993 by Verein der Freunde Kunstmuseum Bern, Verein Kunsthalle Bern and the Bernische Kunstgesellschaft in order to jointly intensify and coordinate the relationship with private patrons. Kunstmuseum Bern and Kunsthalle Bern are dependent on additional financial support from private donors in order to run an attractive art and exhibition program.

Stiftung Kunsthalle Bern
Stiftung Kunsthalle Bern purchases works by artists that are exhibited at the Kunsthalle (outside the Christmas exhibition). The works are primarily made available to the Kunstmuseum Bern on loan for public exhibitions. The aim is to continuously build up a significant collection of contemporary art. Stiftung Kunsthalle Bern works hand in hand with the Kunsthalle and the Kunstmuseum.

Kunsthalle Bern is a registered non-for-profit organization. International friends who want to support Kunsthalle Bern can e-mail Gisela Stöckli