It is no coincidence that the Hans Erni Museum should be located between the Aviation and Space Travel Hall and the Navigation, Cableways and Tourism Hall. Indeed, the achievements of technology and civilisation are subjects to which Hans Erni has returned time and again. The artist is 95 years old this year, but he is still restless and energetic: "What the painter creates and what he aims to create may ultimately overlap. But while he works, the aim always remains beyond the reach of what has been created. That's why the artist is always in motion. My aim is summed up in two words: "To delight and to be of use".

The Hans Erni Museum – standing out in the complex with its transparent hexagonal form (architect: Jean-Marie Ellenberger) – not only makes the oeuvre of this doyen of Swiss art permanently accessible to the general public, it also creates a forum for encounter. The auditorium has become a popular conference venue, watched over by great thinkers old and new – from Thales to Albert Einstein – depicted in Erni's impressive two-part mural.

"Panta Rhei" or "everything flows" is a quotation from the ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, that Hans Erni has made his motto. He discovers the principle of hope in the constant state of change and in art itself.

The Hans Erni Art Shop in the Museum: originals, lithographs, books, catalogues, art cards, ceramics, scarves, etc.
Open daily from 11:00 to 17:00 (or 18:00).
Tel. +41 41 375 74 82