Kunstsammlungen Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Museum of modern and contemporary art

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The Ruhr University Bochum Art Collections present modern and contemporary art (Europe/USA, post-war modernism) and a collection of antiquities with Greek, Roman and Persian artifacts.
Campusmuseum Bochum

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Kunstsammlungen Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Museum of modern and contemporary art

Universitätsstraße 150

44801 Bochum

Telephone: +49 234 / 3226782

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Properties:

  • Bus stop available
  • Free admission
  • Expeditive (EPE)
The art collections of the Ruhr University Bochum offer a fascinating insight into the development of modern and contemporary art. Two years after the university was founded, the art critic Albert Schulze-Vellinghausen left his collection of gestural-abstract and constructive-concrete art to the institution. This collection, which includes works by artists such as Josef Albers and Cy Twombly, forms the basis of today's exhibition. Thanks to the support of Paul Dierichs, important works by Alberto Giacometti and Richard Serra were acquired in the 1970s. In the 1990s, the collection was expanded to include photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher and works by Gerhard Richter. The 2000s saw the addition of works by Imi Knoebel and Katharina Grosse. Today, the museum presents around 1,000 works of art in changing exhibitions, which are supplemented by thematic presentations and artistic interventions. The architecture of the university, a testimony to modernism, provides an impressive setting for the works of art and enables a dialog between past and present.

Main opening times:

Day From Until
Tuesday 11:00 17:00
Wednesday 11:00 17:00
Thursday 11:00 17:00
Friday 11:00 17:00
Saturday 11:00 17:00
Sunday 11:00 17:00

Business hours

Closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Directions

The Campus Museum is located in the heart of the university campus of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and is within walking distance of the Ruhr-Universität subway and bus stop. The Campus Museum is located at the rear of the University Library building, opposite the Audimax.

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