Kunsthaus Zürich Reports 539,500 Visitors in 2025, Second-Highest Attendance
The Kunsthaus Zürich recorded over 539,500 visitors in 2025, the second-highest total in its history and the highest for any art museum in Switzerland. The Marina Abramović exhibition attracted nearly 120,000 visitors, the most successful show in twelve years, while the collection drew 247,800 entries. Commissions in the Chipperfield building featured Jeffrey Gibson's installation and Monster Chetwynd's "Zardoz" sculpture, whose slide was used over 75,000 times. The museum posted a CHF 1.43 million loss, improved from CHF 1.53 million the prior year, supported by the sale of a work from the Carl Sachs collection.
The Signal
The PerArte Stiftung established by Marianne and Martin Haefner marks expanded private backing for large-scale international exhibitions. Own revenues remained stable, with ticket income at CHF 5,593,230, reflecting a high self-financing level despite elevated operating costs from the expanded site. The October 2024 application for higher city subsidies underscores the limits of earned income in covering structural expenses while sustaining educational outreach that reached 10,463 children and youth.
- Artists: Marina Abramović, Jeffrey Gibson, Monster Chetwynd
- People: Marianne Haefner, Martin Haefner
- Museums: Kunsthaus Zürich
- Locations: Zürich
- Prices: CHF 1.43 million
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