October 31, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Andreas Oehlert. Paper Moon
Solo exhibition by the Nuremberg artist featuring drawings, photographs, sculptures and installations, including works created specifically for the Kunsthalle.
Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Municipal exhibition venue for international contemporary art in a 1913 hall at the Marientor, part of the KunstKulturQuartier.
Opening hoursAdmission from €6 Wheelchair accessible
Current exhibitions
About the museum
The Kunsthalle Nürnberg was founded in 1967 as a municipal forum for contemporary art, making it one of the early exhibition halls of its kind in Germany. It occupies a building constructed in 1912/13 to plans by the engineer Otto Seegy as an art exhibition hall at the Marientor, which opened in October 1913. The building sits in the former city moat, right next to the old town wall.
The Kunsthalle has no collection of its own: the city's art holdings were given on permanent loan in 1997 to the then newly founded Neues Museum. Since then, the venue has worked exclusively with temporary exhibitions presenting international contemporary art and positions of the so-called second modernism since the 1960s – often as solo exhibitions for which artists develop new works specifically for the space.
Organizationally, the Kunsthalle is part of the City of Nuremberg's KunstKulturQuartier, which also includes the Kunsthaus, Kunstvilla and Künstlerhaus, among others. After about a year and a half of renovation, it reopened in October 2019; since then, eight new skylights with electrochromic glazing and upgraded lighting technology have provided adjustable daylight in the climate-controlled galleries. Harriet Zilch has directed the Kunsthalle since 2022.
Highlights
- Temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art
- 1913 exhibition hall in the former city moat at the Marientor
- Daylight galleries with electrochromic skylights (since 2019)
- Free admission on Wednesdays 18:00–20:00
- Day ticket shared with the Kunsthaus and Kunstvilla
- Founded
- 1967
- Operated by
- Stadt Nürnberg (KunstKulturQuartier)
- Director
- Harriet Zilch
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €4School students aged 18 and over, university students, volunteer service participants (with proof) |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and teens under 18 have free admission. |
| Seniors | –No senior discount listed; the City of Nuremberg's Senioren-Kulturkarte (senior culture card, age 63 and over) is also valid here. |
| Visitors with disabilities | –No separate rate listed; the City of Nuremberg's Kulturkarte for people with disabilities (degree of disability 50 or higher) is also valid here. |
| Students & apprentices | €4 |
| Groups (15+ people) | €4 per personper person |
| KunstKulturQuartier day ticket | €9Reduced €5; valid for all exhibitions at the Kunsthalle, Kunstvilla and Kunsthaus. A single ticket can be upgraded for an extra €3 (reduced €1). |
| KunstKulturQuartier annual pass | €35Reduced €20, with Nürnberg-Pass €10; valid for one year from purchase |
| Nürnberg-Pass | €2 |
| Guided tours and events | €5Unless otherwise stated |
Free admission: Free admission for everyone on Wednesdays from 18:00 to 20:00
School classes visiting as a class have free admission.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Step-free access via a side entrance into the foyer; the exhibition rooms are largely step-free, and a permanent ramp bridges the steps between rooms 4 and 5. Free folding stools at the ticket desk; walkers permitted.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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- Family tours & workshops
- Stroller-friendly
- Baby changing facilities
Strollers and buggies allowed in all exhibition rooms. "Baby on Board" tour for parents with babies (approx. 45 min.), changing station and nursing room available; creative workshops, including for children, according to the events calendar.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
U-Bahn (all lines) to Hauptbahnhof; tram 8 to Marientor
By car
Parking available
No parking of its own; parking garages Adlerstraße, Karstadt (Vordere Insel Schütt), Hauptbahnhof, Katharinenhof, and Nürnberger Akademie (Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz).
Amenities & dining
- Café: not available
- Restaurant: not available
- Museum shop
- Coat check
- Lockers
Seating area in the foyer with coffee, tea, and cold drinks, as well as catalogs. In the neighborhood of the KunstKulturQuartier: Filmhauscafé in the Künstlerhaus and the restaurant Pfundskerl with a beer garden. Lockers with a €2 deposit; bags and items larger than A4 must be locked away. Dogs not allowed.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Permitted for private, non-commercial purposes unless otherwise indicated – without flash, tripod or selfie stick. |
| Good to know | Public guided tours and artist talks on the exhibitions according to the events calendar; accompanying program for school classes of all ages. |
