Hans Erni Museum

This was done at the request of the artist Hans Erni (1909-2015), not only to arouse visitors' interest in science, technology and progress with his works, but also to form a critical counterweight to an overly affirmative presentation of the aforementioned themes.
 
On the ground floor, exhibits from the collections of the Swiss Museum of Transport and the Hans Erni Foundation, which is the museum's sponsor, create a visual link between the two institutions.

The collection exhibition on the first floor documents the content and craft facets of the artist Hans Erni. They provide a glimpse of a unique oeuvre and life that dealt with contemporary, cultural, technical and ecological issues in a committed manner.
On the second floor, in addition to the auditorium with Hans Erni's mural Panta rhei on European intellectual history, there is also a room for temporary exhibitions.

The special exhibitions show Hans Erni's work in connection with older art that he appreciated or referred to, but also with works by his and our contemporaries.

The complex of collection, temporary exhibitions and auditorium not only makes it possible to place the work of the artist, who was as controversial as he was esteemed for decades, in the context of the art of his and our time, but also to discuss virulent questions of our time in exhibitions and events. Thus, in keeping with the spirit of its founder, the Hans Erni Museum assumes a role comparable to the "urban function of the agora at the time" (Hans Erni).

Ten museums with one pass

With the Lucerne Museum Pass you can visit ten museums for two consecutive days at the price of CHF 39.