Good to know
Everything you need to know for your visit to Bern Museum Quarter: opening hours, directions, barrier-free access and useful information – so that you can get here easily and enjoy your visit.
Museumsquartier-Pass
The all-in-one ticket
The Museumsquartier-Pass gives you five months to enjoy the wide variety of culture, history, science, art and innovation available here. The Pass, costing CHF 30, is valid for a single visit (1 adult + 2 children up to age 16) to each of the following institutions:
- ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum
- Bern Historical Museum
- Kunsthalle Bern
- Museum of Communication
- Natural History Museum of Bern
In addition, you have the opportunity to visit the Swiss National Library or the Swiss Shooting Museum , both of which offer free admission.
The Museumsquartier-Pass is available at the ticket counters of the listed institutions and at Bern Welcome.
Approach
How to get to Bern Museum Quarter
By public transport: From Bern’s main railway station, take tram no. 6 (towards Worb Dorf), tram no. 7 (towards Ostring), tram no. 8 (towards Saali) or bus no. 19 (towards Bern, Elfenau) to the Helvetiaplatz stop.
By car: Leave the autobahn at the “Bern, Ostring” exit, head for Thunplatz, and then Helvetiaplatz. No parking spaces are available at Bern Museum Quarter. Information on where to park in Bern can be found here.
Accessibility
Barrier-free access to the institutions
The institutions in Bern Museum Quarter are individually accessible. Each building offers its own accessibility solutions. Detailed information on accessibility for visitors with visual, auditory or mobility impairments can be found on the institutions’ websites or on the ginto app.
Open today
- ALPS Swiss Alpine MuseumToday closed
- Bern History Museum / Einstein MuseumToday closed
- Gymnasium KirchenfeldToday closed
- Kunsthalle BernToday closed
- Museum of communicationToday closed
- The Natural History Museum of BernToday closed
- PHBernToday closed
- Swiss Shooting MuseumToday closed
- Schweizerische NationalbibliothekToday closed
- Bern City ArchivesToday closed
- Yehudi Menuhin ForumToday closed