Opening hours
Art gallery
Wednesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 6 pm
Restaurant
From September 1st to 30th, 2023
Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, 9.30 am to 6 pm
Friday and Saturday, 9.30 am to 11 pm
From October 1st to November 19th, 2023
Wednesday to Sunday, 9.30 am to 6 pm
Admission
Adult: chf 14.- | |
Young person (11-20 years) Reduced rate: chf 8.- | |
Family (2 adults and up to 5 children): chf 34.- |
Adult: CHF 14.-
Young person (11-20 years)
Reduced rate: CHF 8.-
Family
(2 adults and up to 5 children): CHF 34.-
Guided tour upon request chf 120.-
(booking by telephone/email required, maximum 30 people with entry tickets at reduced rate)
Reduced rate
Only when presented with supporting identification
For people with disabilities, those who are retired or those who are unemployed
Students and interns
Groups of 10 people or more
Club du Bel-Age
Free entry
Children under the age of 10
Students at Art or History of Art universities
Care takers of individuals with disabilities who otherwise would not be able to visit the Art Centre
People with refugee status (permit N, F or B)
Holders of the following cards
Swiss Museum Pass, Raiffeisen membership, Swiss Travel Pass, AMS, ICOM, Visarte, Swiss Association of Art Historians, Press Pass
“Member +” Raiffeisen card
AG culturel and Abobo
One free ticket for every ticket purchased with : Passeport Valaisan, Valais pass (Valais/Wallis Promotion), guest card Vercorin Tourisme, La Clé
20% discount with : an Alaïa Chalet ticket of the day, My Explorer Card and Pass-Sport Absolutely, Guest card Sierre Tourisme, Pass 100% Nax Région, Pass Explore Switzerland
Discover our school offer at preferential price on the website Étincelles de culture.
Access
By public transport
Bus stop: Centre d’Art de Lens
From Sierre: SMC bus
From Sion: CarPostal, destination Crans-sur-Sierre From Crans-Montana: CarPostal, destination Sion
Online timetables available at: www.cff.ch
By car
Motorway exit Sierre Ouest to Crans-Montana
Contact
Route de Crans 1
CH–1978 Lens
+41 27 483 46 10
info@fondationopale.ch
Parking
Parking des Chèvres, in the center of Lens (parking disc up to 1½ hour)
Parking La Tribune, Chem. du Châtelard, 1978 Lens (parking disc up to 15 hours)
Parking La Bouillette, Rte de la Bouillettaz 4-20, 1978 Lens (parking disc up to 15 hours)
Parking at Lens elementary school, opposite Fondation Opale, available on Friday evenings, on weekends and during school breaks
Private parking for visitors to Fondation Opale within an 8 minute walk uphill – follow the signs
People with reduced mobility
2 parking spaces are available next to the main entrance. Wheelchairs are also available upon request at reception.
1 additional parking space on the lake side by the restaurant.
Pushchairs
Pushchairs are not allowed in the exhibition hall. Baby carriers are available free of charge at reception.
Dogs
Dogs are not allowed in the exhibition hall, with the exception of guide dogs.
Shop & bookstore
Our shop offers an original collection of art publications and products related to themes of our exhibitions at Fondation Opale.
Many objects originate directly from Indigenous communities in Australia. Our shop is a member of the Indigenous Art Code.
Visitors are welcome to explore through our select items of stationaries, toys, fashion accessories, art of living, decoration and design, as well as the exhibition catalogues.
Books
All Friends of Fondation Opale (members of the association) enjoy a 10% discount.
Catalogues edited or co-edited by Fondation Opale :
- Interstellaire (Lens: Fondation Opale and Pascal Matthey, 2023) FR and EN
- Dreaming in the dream of others (Milan: Mousse Publishing, 2022) FR and EN
- Wamulu – Gay’wu (Milan: 5 Continents, 2022), FR and EN
- Breath of life (Milan: 5 Continents, 2021), FR and EN
- Anangu Collective – Gay’wu (Milan: 5 Continents, 2021), FR and EN
- Vladimir Skoda (Lens: Fondation Opale, 2021), FR and EN
- Resonances (Milan: 5 Continents, 2020), FR and EN
- Before Time Began (Milan: 5 Continents, 2019), FR and EN
- Robert Fielding (Lens: Fondation Opale, 2018), FR and EN
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Legacy – une vie de photographe (Lens: Fondation Opale, 2018), FR
- Country of the Dreaming – Contemporary Aboriginal Art (Paris: Arteos, 2017), FR and EN