Art galleries in Bern
Bern, Bern has 13 art galleries on the map. That's 13 galleries mapped around Bern. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Many are free to enter, so the only cost of a gallery afternoon is your time.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Bern (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include SOON and Galerie 3000, plus Stadtgalerie. If a gallery's missing from Bern's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bern gallery lineup
13 in Bern, plus 4 more around Bern below:
SOON
Art gallery0.1 km from Bern
SOON is Art gallery. SOON also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Fr 13:30-18:00; Sa 10:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: We-Fr 13:30-18:00; Sa 10:30-17:00
Phone: +41 31 3318473
Galerie 3000
Art gallery0.4 km from BernRun by Stiftung PROGR
Run by Stiftung PROGR, Galerie 3000 is Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galerie 3000: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr off; Sa 14:00-16:00; Su off; PH off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr off; Sa 14:00-16:00; Su off; PH off
Stadtgalerie
Art gallery0.4 km from Bern
Stadtgalerie is Art gallery. Stadtgalerie also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu off; We-Fr 14:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; Su off; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Tu off; We-Fr 14:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; Su off; PH off
Phone: +41 31 3217647
Grand Palais
Art gallery0.5 km from Bern
Grand Palais — Art gallery, found on Thunstrasse in Bern. Also worth knowing about Grand Palais: the map lists its hours as Th-Fr 17:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Thunstrasse, Bern
Hours: Th-Fr 17:00-19:00
Phone: +41 31 3517454
Galerie da Mihi | KunstKeller
Art gallery0.5 km from BernRun by Barbara Marbot; Hans Ryser
Galerie da Mihi | KunstKeller is Art gallery run by Barbara Marbot; Hans Ryser on 40 Gerechtigkeitsgasse, Bern. Galerie da Mihi | KunstKeller also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Th-Fr 14:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
40 Gerechtigkeitsgasse, Bern, 3011
Hours: Th-Fr 14:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-17:00
Phone: +41 31 332 11 90
volume Kunstraum
Art gallery0.9 km from Bern
volume Kunstraum is Art gallery.
Cerny Inuit Collection
Art gallery1.0 km from BernRun by Martha und Peter Cerny
Run by Martha und Peter Cerny, Cerny Inuit Collection is Art gallery, found on 8a Stadtbachstrasse in Bern. Also worth knowing about Cerny Inuit Collection: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu off; We-Sa 13:00-18:00; Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8a Stadtbachstrasse, Bern, 3012
Hours: Mo-Tu off; We-Sa 13:00-18:00; Su off
Phone: +41 31 3182820
Art & Eigensinn
Art gallery1.0 km from Bern
Art & Eigensinn is Art gallery.
SalviArte
Art gallery1.1 km from Bern
SalviArte is Art gallery. SalviArte also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Kunstraum Dreiviertel
Art gallery1.2 km from Bern
Kunstraum Dreiviertel is Art gallery on 69 Monbijoustrasse. Kunstraum Dreiviertel also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
69 Monbijoustrasse
Skolovski Art
Art gallery1.2 km from Bern
Skolovski Art — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Skolovski Art: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +41 76 559 33 37
Bacio
Art gallery1.4 km from Bern
Bacio — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Bacio: the map lists its hours as "depending on exhibition"; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: "depending on exhibition"
"Lots of Walls of Z" Kore Gallery
Art gallery2.1 km from Bern
"Lots of Walls of Z" Kore Gallery is Art gallery. "Lots of Walls of Z" Kore Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "On request"; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: "On request"
What the map tells us about art galleries in Bern
8 of the 13 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
11 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
Most of the art galleries in Bern list a phone number. Handy for confirming opening times around exhibition changeovers.
11 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Bern gallery walk
The efficient Bern gallery walk strings these together: SOON, Galerie 3000, Stadtgalerie, Grand Palais on Thunstrasse, Galerie da Mihi | KunstKeller on 40 Gerechtigkeitsgasse, volume Kunstraum, Cerny Inuit Collection on 8a Stadtbachstrasse, and Art & Eigensinn — 13 stops, one logical order. 5 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Bern
A few things worth knowing before you work through Bern's art galleries:
- Ask about private views at SOON. Mailing lists get you invited to previews — quieter, with the artists around and first pick of the work.
- First Fridays and art walks at Galerie 3000. Many towns run a monthly evening when galleries open late together. The easiest way to see everything at once.
- Follow the galleries online. Openings and one-night events get announced on social media first. One follow catches them all.
- Ask about the price list. It's normal to ask, even if you're not buying. It tells you how the market values the work.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Bern — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Bern can take a while to appear. The 13 above are only as current as the community map. A art gallery that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 13 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more art galleries around Bern
4 more within about 25 km of Bern, nearest first:
Atelier Eveline Stauffer
Art gallery13.5 km from Bern
Atelier Eveline Stauffer is Art gallery on 8 Kirchbergstrasse, Hindelbank.
8 Kirchbergstrasse, Hindelbank, 3324
Galerie Kistler
Art gallery17.0 km from Bern
Galerie Kistler — Art gallery, found on 11 Bernstrasse in Lyss.
11 Bernstrasse, Lyss, 3250
Galerie Re
Art gallery18.2 km from BernRun by Regula Zbinden
Run by Regula Zbinden, Galerie Re is Art gallery, found on 5 Mühlegasse in Burgdorf. Also worth knowing about Galerie Re: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
5 Mühlegasse, Burgdorf, 3400
Phone: +41 79 792 23 08
Satellit Kunstraum
Art gallery24.9 km from Bern
Satellit Kunstraum — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Satellit Kunstraum: the map lists its hours as 24/7.
Hours: 24/7
Art gallery listings for Bern: 13 in Bern and 4 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.