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Kunstmuseum Luzern

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The Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne (or KKL for Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern ) is a multi-functional building with a concert hall that is esteemed for its high-profile acoustics .

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5-523: Kunstmuseum Luzern (Museum of Art Lucerne), is an art museum founded in 1932, and is located within the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (or KKL Luzern). It is one of the most important art museums in Switzerland known for its temporary rotating exhibitions of all genres, including contemporary art . The Art Society Lucerne (German: Kunstgesellschaft Luzern ) was founded in 1819 with

10-546: A museum in Switzerland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an art display, art museum or gallery in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under

15-658: The Kunstmuseum Luzern sees itself as a "cultural archive of the Central Switzerland region" and houses several thousand objects from the Renaissance to the present-day. The museum shows five to eight temporary exhibitions per year, featuring artists of both Swiss and international origins. Past exhibitions have reached an audience of 30,000 to 50,000 people. Fanni Fetzer serves as the museum director since 1 October 2011. This article related to

20-660: The Meili-designed building was demolished. From 1996 to 1998, the Lucerne Culture and Congress Center KKL was constructed on the same site, designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel . In 2001, the museum was moved into the newly designed Kunst- und Kongresshaus building. The Kunstmuseum Luzern is located on the 4th floor of the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (or KKL Luzern) in Lucerne. The art collection of

25-675: The aim of creating a forum for artists and citizens interested in art and providing them with premises for exhibitions. In 1932, the Kunstmuseum Luzern moved into the Kunst- und Kongresshaus building (nicknamed Meili-Bau) built by Armin Meili (1892–1981), which was expanded in the 1970s. Since 1982, the Kunstmuseum Luzern has represented Lucerne and the Canton of Lucerne at the Manor Cultural Prize , held once every two years. In 1991

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