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:

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 Museum
    Today closed
  • Bern History Museum / Einstein Museum
    Today closed
  • Gymnasium Kirchenfeld
    Today closed
  • Kunsthalle Bern
    Today closed
  • Museum of communication
    Today closed
  • The Natural History Museum of Bern
    Today closed
  • PHBern
    Today closed
  • Swiss Shooting Museum
    Today closed
  • Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
    Today closed
  • Bern City Archives
    Today closed
  • Yehudi Menuhin Forum
    Today closed
We look forward to your visit!