Municipal exhibition hall for modern and contemporary art in the Renaissance house "Zum Roten Ochsen" on Erfurt's Fischmarkt.
June 14, 2026 – November 1, 2026
Contemporary painting, installation and printmaking by twelve women artists from the Berlin and Leipzig MalerinnenNetzWerk, joined by changing guests from Thuringia.
September 4, 2026 – November 1, 2026
Dense, intensely colored colored-pencil drawings by the Leipzig artist, moving between figuration and abstraction and often observed on site.
November 29, 2026 – February 21, 2027
Around 300 works in ten chapters on the history of photojournalism since the 1920s – famous images shown together with their original publications.
The Haus zum Roten Ochsen on the Fischmarkt was first mentioned in 1392. In 1562, the woad merchant and city councilor Jacob Naffzer had it remodeled in the Renaissance style. A frieze above the first floor depicts the Muses and ancient planetary gods; at its center is the namesake red ox with golden horns.
After extensive restoration, the city opened the "Galerie am Fischmarkt" in the building in 1979, starting with a show of GDR arts and crafts. In the following years, the house hosted major craft exhibitions, including the Quadriennale of arts and crafts from socialist countries.
Since 2000, the institution has been called Kunsthalle Erfurt; it is one of the art museums of the Thuringian state capital. It has no collection of its own. On around 750 square meters, it shows changing exhibitions ranging from classical modernism to the present – retrospectives of established artists as well as work by young artists. A Renaissance hall on the second floor serves as a special exhibition space. Guided tours, lectures and events accompany the exhibitions; the house explicitly sees itself as a place for engaging with unfamiliar and even challenging positions in contemporary art.
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €4School-age children, apprentices, university students, retirees, people with disabilities, holders of the Erfurter Sozialausweis (social pass), members of the Verband Bildender Künstler Thüringen (proof required in each case) |
| Children & teens | €4free up to age 6 · Children up to age 6 free; school-age children pay the reduced rate. School classes from general-education schools free. |
| Seniors | €4Reduced for retirees. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €4companion free · Reduced; companions of people with disabilities free. |
| Students & apprentices | €4Reduced; art students of the University of Erfurt free. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3 per personGroups of 10 or more €3 per person; guided tours up to 60 min. €40, up to 90 min. €60, plus admission. |
| Families | €13Maximum of 2 adults and 5 children/teens up to age 18. |
Free admission: First Tuesday of every month (all municipal museums)
Adult, reduced and tour prices according to the museum's website; family and group prices as well as reduced and free admission rules according to the city's fee schedule (as of 2014). Under the city's fee schedule, free admission applies to, among others, school classes from general-education schools, companions of people with disabilities, holders of the Erfurt-Card, Thüringen-Card, Familienpass and Ehrenamtscard, and members of ICOM, DMB and MVT. According to the fee schedule, audio and video guides are included in admission.
Step-free access, elevator to all floors, accessible restroom; all exhibition rooms are reachable for guests with limited mobility. Accessible tram stop about 50 m away.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Fischmarkt · 50 m
Accessible tram stop at Fischmarkt
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours, lectures and events accompanying the exhibitions; group tours by appointment (tel. 0361 655-5666). |
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