Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern

Runs an art museum, collects, conserves, researches, mediates and presents works of art from the Middle Ages to the present; The collection focuses on Bernese and Swiss art from the Middle Ages to the present day as well as international art from the 19th century. In particular, it carries out the following activities: looking after its collection of works of art and the loans entrusted to it, as well as the collections of the independent and dependent foundations domiciled with it; expands its collection through its own purchases, donations and loans from third parties; constantly presents essential parts of its collection, organizes temporary exhibitions with its own and third-party holdings and makes its works available to third parties (usually museums) for exhibition purposes or as loans; prepares and publishes scientific works and other publications in connection with its collecting and exhibition activities; maintains a specialist library together with the Institute for Art History at the University of Bern; strives for meaningful cooperation with other cultural institutions and cultural workers as well as with municipal, cantonal and communal specialist commissions. It is of a non-profit nature and does not pursue any commercial purposes.