Accessibility

We regularly offer tactile tours for all major exhibitions. We endeavour to present as many tactile originals as possible. Gloves are used during our tactile tours to protect the works of art. If no tactile objects are available, detailed descriptive tours for visitors with visual impairments are organised instead. Various materials that enable sensory access and plans as well as explanations in Braille are used to accompany the tour. Both guided tours are organised by experienced art educators.

For years, our collaboration with deaf art educators has proven its worth. We also train deaf people who are interested in art education. Through a continuous exchange with those affected and associations, we receive feedback on our programme and use this experience to further improve our offer.

An induction loop for the audio guide device is available free of charge for people who use a hearing aid.

Audio guides / induction loops
The volume on our audio guides can be adjusted. We offer a portable induction loop for users of hearing aids and cochlear implants. This requires the activation of the "induction coil/T-coil" of the hearing aid or cochlear implant. Induction loops are available free of charge at the Audioguide stand.

Guiding system
If you have a hearing impairment and/or wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant, our exhibition organisers use tour guides. These mobile devices ensure that sounds are digitised and transmitted to the participants' headphones.

For wearers of hearing aids or CIs, we provide single-ear induction loops that are connected to the tour guides instead of headphones. The induction coil/T-coil of your hearing aid must be activated for this.

For public tours that do not require advance registration, it is sufficient to let us know on site that you wish to use the facility. Please let us know in advance if you would like to book a guided tour.

Inductive hearing system
For users of hearing aids and cochlear implants, a ring loop is available at the cash desk. Most hearing aids and cochlear implants react to the presence of a ring loop and automatically switch to the "induction coil/T-coil". Older devices may need to be switched over or switched on using the programme selection button.

Working with special schools is one of our core tasks in terms of target group-orientated educational work. We want to creatively familiarise pupils with different support needs with art and culture from all eras and world cultures. Under the guidance of artists and art educators, the pupils explore the originals and realise creative, themed works in our workshop space. We will adapt to the needs of the participants in consultation with educators and teachers. We use a variety of techniques with different materials: working with colours, sculptural design, creating collages or staging living pictures. Pupils are encouraged to engage intensively with art, sharpen their perception and realise their own artistic ideas.

In order to also reach educationally disadvantaged groups of pupils, we realise cooperations with schools with different special needs. In the interests of sustainable support, the long-term cooperation comprises project phases lasting several weeks, which are accompanied by educational programmes in the museum and at the school.

The Bundeskunsthalle also offers educational programmes for pre-school children and develops workshops for kindergartens and family education centres with special needs.

In order to enable people with dementia to continue to have access to art and culture, we have for some years now included an offer in our programme that is specially tailored to the needs of this group of visitors. The sensory experience is at the centre of the programme. We welcome senior citizens for a coffee in a relaxed atmosphere to get to know each other and prepare them for their visit to the exhibition. We support the exhibition visit with materials that can be experienced through the senses, such as clothing, tools, music, fragrance samples, etc. The event should be a shared, positive experience. Mutual appreciation is an important prerequisite for participation in art and culture.

The square in front of the Bundeskunsthalle is gravelled and cobbled in the section leading from the Helmut-Kohl-Allee. There is a wheelchair ramp at the entrance to the Art and Exhibition Hall.

The automatic door at the barrier-free entrance next to the restaurant is currently defective. Please inform yourself about the function of the automatic doors and access to the building before your visit.

Parking spaces can be found next to the taxi ranks (Helmut-Kohl-Allee) near the main entrance to the Bundeskunsthalle, at the museum square on Emil-Nolde-Straße and in the (chargeable) parking garage on Joseph-Beuys-Allee. The distance from the parking garage to the Bundeskunsthalle is about 250 metres.

At the underground station Museumsmeile/Heussallee travellers can take a lift to street level. The distance to the main entrance is about 150 metres (flagstones and paving, no differences in elevation).

Free wheelchairs are available at the cloakroom. We recommend calling +49 228 9171 – 132 to make a reservation. Folding stools are provided at all entrances to the exhibitions.

All floors in the Bundeskunsthalle can be reached via wheelchair-accessible lifts. Wheelchair-accessible toilets can be found in the central toilet in the basement (lift).

You can also download the interior plan by clicking on it.

Via the basement you can easily reach the forum in a wheelchair and in the company of one of our staff members. Please notify the assistant at the information desk before the event starts.

The central lift in the stair hall (access on the left next to the entrance to the restaurant) goes from the basement to the roof garden. The roof garden is closed in bad weather (snow, ice, storm, heavy rain).

Guide dogs are allowed in the exhibition rooms.

Take the exit in a southerly direction; from Bonn city centre in the direction of travel to the front, from Bad Godesberg in the direction of travel to the rear. After leaving the underground platform, turn right on the first level of the underground station, then take the exit on the left (stairs or escalator). Walk straight ahead along the outer wing of the Kunstmuseum. Between the Kunstmuseum and the Bundeskunsthalle is a paved square, the Museumsplatz, which separates the pavement from the square by means of stelae.

Walk along the Museumsplatz to the next edge of the building. This building is the Bundeskunsthalle. Turn right and follow the outer wall to its end. The entrance area to the inner courtyard of the Bundeskunsthalle begins here on the left.

In this area, a locating strip placed across the width of the entrance marks the start of the tactile floor guidance system. From here, a guiding strip leads approx. 20 metres directly to the automatic door of the main entrance. The guiding strip ends in a second attention field. To the left of this is the request button on a free-standing stele. Press the button. The door opens outwards. Inside, the guidance system begins directly at the entrance door with an attention field and leads from here to the cash desk and the lockers by means of guidance strips.