Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Exhibition hall run jointly by the federal government and the states on Bonn's Museumsmeile, with changing large-scale exhibitions on art, culture and science, plus a roof garden.
ÅbningstiderEntré fra 14 € Kørestolsvenlig Restaurant
A cultural-history journey from antiquity to the present showing how societies have dealt with sex work and what this reveals about power, morality and images of women. Sex workers appear not only as subjects but also as actors and artists in their own right.
Freely accessible, hands-on artworks outdoors and on the roof, including Jeppe Hein's water pavilion, Carsten Höller's slide and Olafur Eliasson's LEGO city.
Walk-in media installation in the media art room where visitors can explore more than 50 sustainability projects on large touch walls according to their own interests.
The exhibition asks how the memory of Nazi crimes can stay alive once the eyewitnesses are gone and presents artistic, media and historical forms of remembrance work. Created together with the Stiftung Gedenkstätten Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora.
Major survey featuring works by 76 women artists from Latin America – from Frida Kahlo and Leonora Carrington to rediscovered and young artists – in cooperation with museums in Basel, Espoo and Brussels.
Om museet
The idea of a national art hall in the federal capital emerged as early as 1949, when artists in Bonn discussed such a venue. After decades of debate over location, funding and purpose, Chancellor Helmut Kohl laid the foundation stone in October 1989; the building opened on June 17, 1992. It is run by a non-profit company in which the federal government and all 16 states are shareholders.
The Viennese architect Gustav Peichl designed a square building with a striking row of columns on the street side, symbolizing the 16 federal states, and three blue-tiled cones of light on the planted roof. The hall has no collection of its own; from the outset it was designed exclusively for temporary exhibitions and events – a new model at the time with no direct precedent.
The program ranges from old and modern art to archaeology and cultural history, natural science and environmental topics. The series "Die Großen Sammlungen" (The Great Collections) presented more than 30 major museums from around the world; large shows have been devoted to Max Liebermann, Kazimir Malevich and the art of Gandhara, among others. In addition, there are theater, dance, music and discussion formats in the Forum, and in summer freely accessible, interactive artworks on the roof and the forecourt. Eva Kraus has headed the institution as artistic director since 2020.
Højdepunkter
Changing large-scale exhibitions on art, cultural history and science
Architecture by Gustav Peichl with 16 columns and blue cones of light
Planted roof garden with views over Bonn and Carsten Höller's slide
Free admission for everyone up to and including age 18
Restaurant GUSTAV in the reconstructed 1992 café style
Grundlagt
1992
Ejer
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gGmbH (Bund und Länder)
Ledelse
Eva Kraus (Intendantin)
Entrépriser & rabatter
Voksne
14 €
Nedsat pris
7 €School pupils, students, apprentices and trainees, military service and federal volunteer service participants, people with severe disabilities, holders of the Bonn-Ausweis or comparable proof, holders of the Ehrenamtskarte (volunteer card)
Børn og unge
gratisgratis til og med 18 år · Everyone up to and including age 18 free (proof required at the ticket desk)
Pensionister
–No senior discount listed
Personer med handicap
7 €ledsager gratis
Studerende og elever
7 €Free with the ELLAH-Card up to and including age 25
Grupper (fra 10 pers.)
11,20 € pr. personGroup tours (max. 25 people) from €75, school classes from €38; book at least five days in advance
Familier
–No family ticket; children and teens up to age 18 free
20 €Reduced €10; valid for all concurrent exhibitions at both institutions
ArtCard (annual pass)
75 €€70 per year as a subscription
ELLAH-Card (annual pass up to and including age 27)
25 €Free for school pupils, students and apprentices up to and including age 25
Public guided tour (plus admission)
4 €€2 with the ArtCard
Gratis entré:German Unity Day (October 3)
The day ticket is valid for all exhibitions. Special offer from September 22 to October 11, 2026: "Sex Work" for €11 (reduced €5.50). 10% discount with the Klima-Ticket (online mobility survey). Free admission with a press card, ICOM, Deutscher Museumsbund or International Artist Card, and for refugees, among others. Cloakroom €0.50 per item.
Tilgængelighed
Kørestolsvenlig
Elevator
Handicaptoilet
Handicapparkering
Servicehunde tilladt
Taktile tilbud
Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
Letlæste tilbud
Synstolkning
Ramp at the entrance; all floors and the roof garden reachable by elevator; wheelchair-accessible restrooms in the basement. Free loan wheelchairs (reservation recommended) and folding stools. Tactile guidance system from Museumsplatz to the ticket desk and lockers. Induction loops for audio guides and tours, touch and descriptive tours, tours led by deaf art educators, programs for people with dementia. Information in Easy German and German Sign Language (DGS) on the website.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
Entré for børn
gratis til og med 18 år
Familieomvisninger & workshops
Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
Barnevognsvenlig
Puslerum
Børnefødselsdage
Workshops and children's tours for ages 4 to 13, family workshops, holiday programs and tours for parents with babies; accompanying materials in child-friendly language and family rallies. Free loan strollers at the cloakroom, baby changing room in the basement. Children's birthday parties with a workshop (2 or 3 hours, max. 12 children).
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Heussallee/Museumsmeile · 150 m
Light rail (U-Bahn) 16, 63, 66 to "Heussallee/Museumsmeile"; "Bonn UN Campus" train station (RE 5, RB 26, RB 30, RB 48); bus 610, 611, 634 to "UN Campus Bahnhof" or "Marie-Kahle-Allee".
I bil
Betalingsparkering · 250 m til indgangen
Paid Museumsmeile parking garage with 535 spaces (according to the museum, on Emil-Nolde-Straße or Joseph-Beuys-Allee); accessible parking spaces at the main entrance by the taxi stands (Helmut-Kohl-Allee), at Museumsplatz on Emil-Nolde-Straße and in the parking garage; bus parking in front of the parking garage and in the Rheinaue park.
Restaurant GUSTAV (same opening hours as the museum); food and drinks on the roof in good weather. Museum shop (Buchhandlung König). 160 free lockers, cloakroom for a fee.
Arrangementer & udlejning
Lokaler til leje
Private fester
Firmaarrangementer
Op til 500 personer.
Around 2,600 m² of event space: the Forum (300 fixed seats, up to 500) with stage, film and interpreting equipment, the Lounge (up to 90 people for receptions), a conference room (up to 35 seats), the foyer, the roof garden and Museumsplatz.
Generally allowed and encouraged; prohibited in some exhibitions for legal reasons (observe the signs). Camera equipment, bags larger than A4 and backpacks must be stored in lockers.
Godt at vide
Free media guides for many exhibitions in the Bundeskunsthalle app (loan devices available at the ticket desk). Public guided tours at set times, group tours via buchung@bundeskunsthalle.de; formats such as KUNSTPAUSE and WEDNESDAY_LATE_ART.