Kunstmuseum Appenzell
Art museum of the Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung in a building by Gigon/Guyer with modern and contemporary art and the Liner Collection.
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About the museum
The roots of the house lie in the friendship between the entrepreneur and patron Heinrich Gebert, co-owner of the sanitary company Geberit, and the painter Carl Walter Liner. In the 1950s Gebert began collecting works by Carl August Liner and his son Carl Walter Liner, and in 1997 initiated the “Stiftung Museum Carl Liner Vater und Sohn”. It was renamed Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung Appenzell in 2014 and continues to run the museum today.
In 1998 the “Museum Liner Appenzell”, designed by the Zurich architects Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, opened; the building has been under heritage protection (category B) from the start. Gebert donated parts of his private collection to the foundation in 1998 and in 2003/04, and his wife Myriam Gebert added works from her collection in 2007. Since 2000 there has been a cooperation with the Fondazione Marguerite Arp in Locarno-Solduno.
Today the Kunstmuseum Appenzell shows modern and contemporary art in changing exhibitions, supplemented by presentations from the collection. In 2003 the Kunsthalle, housed in a former brickworks (then Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, since 2022 Kunsthalle Appenzell), was added; both houses are managed jointly and share a website, team and admission ticket.
Highlights
- Museum building by Gigon/Guyer under heritage protection
- Collection with works by Carl August and Carl Walter Liner
- Modern and contemporary art in changing exhibitions
- One ticket for Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle Appenzell
- Kunstmuseum fully wheelchair accessible
- Extended opening on the first Thursday of the month with free admission from 6 pm
- Founded
- 1998
- Operated by
- Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung Appenzell
Admission & discounts
| Adults | CHF 15 |
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| Reduced | CHF 10AHV pensioners, pupils, apprentices and students, groups of 10 or more, SWB members |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 10 · Children up to age 10 accompanied by adults free; pupils from the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden aged 10 to 18 also free. |
| Seniors | CHF 10AHV pensioners |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · People with an IV card and their companions have free admission. |
| Students & apprentices | CHF 10Pupils, apprentices and students with ID |
| Groups (10+ people) | CHF 10 per personGroups of 10 or more pay the reduced admission. |
Free admission: First Thursday of the month from 6 pm
One ticket is valid for the Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle Appenzell. Free admission with, among others, the Swiss Museum Pass, Raiffeisen card, Kulturlegi, Appenzeller Ferienkarte, Bodensee-Erlebniskarte and Oskar hotel card, for members of VMS/AMS, ICOM, IKT, VKKS, Visarte and IAA/AIAP, for media professionals with a press card, and for asylum seekers and provisionally admitted persons.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- 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
All rooms of the Kunstmuseum are fully wheelchair accessible. At the Kunsthalle (second building), staff help with access (tel. +41 71 788 18 60); only the top exhibition room cannot be reached without barriers.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 10 |
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- Family tours & workshops
- Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
- Hands-on stations
Children and families are welcome: the free brochure “Schau Genau” accompanies the visit, in the Kunsthalle the “Offene Raum” invites visitors to draw and create, and the “Goofe-Atelier” opens for children and teenagers on Wednesday afternoons in the autumn and spring quarters. Family workshops are also offered.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Appenzell
With the Appenzeller Bahnen from Gossau and St. Gallen hourly or half-hourly to Appenzell; the Kunstmuseum is in the immediate vicinity of the station, the Kunsthalle about a 5-minute walk away.
By car
Parking available
There are only a few parking spaces; if space is lacking, please use the public car parks in the village.
By car via the A1, exit Gossau (from the west) or St. Gallen (from the north) towards Appenzell.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Museum shop
Museum shop; a café is not mentioned on the website.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Public guided tours and accompanying events are listed in the agenda; for groups and school classes, guided tours and workshops are available on request (kindergarten to university). |
