Kunsthaus Essen
Studio building and art association in a former school in Essen-Rellinghausen, with a gallery, exhibitions, concerts and residencies – admission usually free.
Om museet
The Kunsthaus Essen was founded in 1976/77 as a nonprofit association: visual artists, actors, cabaret performers and musicians wanted to create a place where non-established and experimental art could be made and shown. The initiative spent its first years in a building on Eduard-Lucas-Straße.
In 1986, the association moved into the former school of the mining housing estate on Rübezahlstraße in Rellinghausen, a building dating from 1933. The classrooms became studios, and the upper floor was converted into a gallery space. Its location between the city and a long-established workers' housing estate in the south of Essen still shapes the house today.
Today, artists from various disciplines work in around thirteen studios there; in addition, there is a recording studio, a course room and a café on the first floor. Run largely by volunteers, the house sees itself as a studio building, art association and venue for cultural education all at once: it shows changing exhibitions in the gallery, invites international guests for residencies and regularly hosts concerts, such as the Monday series "MontagTontag". Since July 2026, the Kunsthaus has had full-time managing and artistic directors for the first time.
Højdepunkter
- Temporary exhibitions of contemporary art in the upstairs gallery
- Studio building with around 13 artists' studios in a 1933 estate school
- "MontagTontag" concert series on Monday evenings
- "Global Pott" classical music series on the first Thursday of the month
- International artist residencies
- Grundlagt
- 1977
- Ejer
- Kunsthaus Essen e.V.
- Ledelse
- Kerstin Flasche
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
| Børn og unge | –Children are welcome; not all events are aimed at children. |
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| Personer med handicap | –ledsager gratis · Personal assistants get free entry to events. |
Exhibitions are usually free; fees may apply for concerts, workshops and special events.
Tilgængelighed
- Delvis kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator: findes ikke
- Handicaptoilet: findes ikke
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
First floor reachable at street level; gallery, studios and workshop rooms on the upper floors only via stairs. Currently no accessible restroom. Individual solutions available if you get in touch in advance.
Børn og familie
Children are welcome, although not all events are explicitly aimed at children.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Finefraustraße
Tram 101 from Essen Hbf (main station) to the terminus Finefraustraße; bus 194 and 142 to Finefraustraße, SB15 and 155 to Annental.
Service & spisesteder
- Café
- Restaurant: findes ikke
Kunsthaus café on the first floor, open only during events. Dogs are generally allowed.
Arrangementer & udlejning
Så vidt vi ved, udlejer museet ikke lokaler til eksterne arrangementer.
Studios are only let long-term to artists; according to the website, short-term room rental for external events is not possible.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Fotografering | Usually permitted in public areas; please ask first during exhibitions and events. |
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| Godt at vide | Courses in the building are organized by external providers; register directly with them. For the exhibition "Lost & Found", guided tours outside opening hours by arrangement via the Deutsch-Französisches Kulturzentrum Essen. |
