Art’n’Rail Fondation Beyeler.
Enjoy modern and contemporary art.
A place for all the senses.
Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel is home to an outstanding collection of works of classical modern and contemporary art. This includes masterpieces by Monet, Picasso, Klee, Matisse, Rothko, Giacometti, Warhol, Richter and many others. The museum building designed by architect Renzo Piano is located in an idyllic park with a magnificent scenic view. The museum presents three to four temporary exhibitions per year with loans from renowned international museums and private collections, as well as new presentations for its own collection.
Your leisure experience.
RailAway Hit: 1.2.–28.2.2025
50% discount on admission to the entire museum.
Offer valid on travel dates from 1 to 28 February 2025.
RailAway Hit: 1.3.–31.3.2025
30% discount on admission to the entire museum.
Offer valid on travel dates from 1 to 31 March 2025.
RailAway Hit: 1.11.–31.12.2025
10% discount on admission to the entire museum.
Discounts of up to 50% on the journey to Riehen and back.*
Offer valid on travel dates from 1 November to 31 December 2025.
*Please note: the number of discounted tickets for public transport is limited each month. Once the 50% discount has been used up, the discount is reduced to 30%. Once the tickets with 30% have been used up, the price reduction is cancelled. The discounted public transport tickets are only available when booking online.
RailAway offer: 1.4.–31.10.2025 & 1.12–25.1.2026
10% discount on admission to the entire museum.
Offer valid on travel dates from 1 April to 31 October 2025 and from 1 December 2025 to 25 January 2026.
You can benefit from the discount when you travel there and back by public transport using any ticket or travelcard, e.g. a standard public transport ticket, a Day Pass, a supersaver ticket, a Regional Travelcard, a Half Fare Travelcard or a GA Travelcard.
Northern Lights. 26 January to 25 May 2025
The ‘Northern Lights’ exhibition features almost 80 landscapes painted between 1880 and 1930 by Scandinavian and Canadian artists, including Hilma af Klint and Edvard Munch. These works are inspired by the boreal forest, offering a spiritual vision of this vast landscape. The light of endless summer days, long winter nights and the Northern Lights have inspired a distinctly Nordic style of modern painting. This is the first time that a collection of this kind has been exhibited in Europe, highlighting artists who are often unknown to the public.
The Key to Dreams. Surrealist masterworks from the Collection Hersaint. 16 February to 4 May 2025
In a world first, Fondation Beyeler will present Surrealist masterworks from the Collection Hersaint, including around 50 major works by Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró and others. Themes explored include dreams, the unconscious, metamorphosis, and the forest as a place of mystery. Started by Claude Hersaint at the age of 17, the collection is one of the most significant in Surrealist art. The exhibition will display these works in dialogue with those of Fondation Beyeler, thanks to the support of Evangéline Hersaint and Laetitia Hersaint-Lair.
Vija Celmins. 15 June to 21 September 2025
This exhibition will highlight Vija Celmins’ artistic development, from her first works on everyday objects and scenes of war, to her explorations of cobwebs, oceans, deserts and galaxies. Her intimate yet distant works invite deep contemplation, revealing a subtle and captivating beauty. This will be the most significant exhibition of her work in Europe for 20 years and will include paintings, sculptures and recent works exploring surface and spatial depth.
Yayoi Kusama. 12 October 2025 to 25 January 2026
In autumn 2025, an unprecedented retrospective will celebrate the seven decades of Yayoi Kusama’s career, featuring emblematic works and early creations never before seen in Europe. The exhibition will include a new Infinity Mirror Room, enabling visitors to explore the repetitive motifs and infinite universes that have made Kusama a major figure in contemporary art. She will be showcasing her multidisciplinary practice through paintings, sculptures, environments and performances, as well as her interest in fashion and poetry.
Outward journey: to Riehen, Fondation Beyeler according to the online timetable.
Offer is partially wheelchair accessible.
The Fondation Beyeler will be closed from 22 September to 03 October 2025.
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