Kunsthaus Essen
Studio building and art association in a former school in Essen-Rellinghausen, with a gallery, exhibitions, concerts and residencies – admission usually free.
Over het museum
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.
Hoogtepunten
- 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
- Opgericht
- 1977
- Beheerder
- Kunsthaus Essen e.V.
- Directie
- Kerstin Flasche
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
| Kinderen & jongeren | –Children are welcome; not all events are aimed at children. |
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| Mensen met een beperking | –begeleider gratis · Personal assistants get free entry to events. |
Exhibitions are usually free; fees may apply for concerts, workshops and special events.
Toegankelijkheid
- Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift: niet aanwezig
- Aangepast toilet: niet aanwezig
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
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.
Kinderen & gezin
Children are welcome, although not all events are explicitly aimed at children.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Finefraustraße
Tram 101 from Essen Hbf (main station) to the terminus Finefraustraße; bus 194 and 142 to Finefraustraße, SB15 and 155 to Annental.
Service & horeca
- Café
- Restaurant: niet aanwezig
Kunsthaus café on the first floor, open only during events. Dogs are generally allowed.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Voor zover wij weten verhuurt het museum geen ruimtes voor externe evenementen.
Studios are only let long-term to artists; according to the website, short-term room rental for external events is not possible.
Je bezoek plannen
| Fotograferen | Usually permitted in public areas; please ask first during exhibitions and events. |
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| Goed om te weten | 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. |
