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Opening hours

Art gallery

Monday – Tuesday : closed
Wednesday – Sunday : 10 am – 6 pm

Restaurant

Monday – Tuesday : closed
Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday : 9.30 am – 6 pm
Friday, Saturday : 9.30 am – 11 pm

Bags and jackets

For the exhibition DREAMING IN THE DREAM OF OTHERS, we ask you to leave all bags, backpacks and jackets in the cloakroom. We thank you for your understanding.

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 (Maestro, Mastercard, Visa and VPay with member logo)

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 :

  • 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

Current Exhibition

DREAMING IN THE DREAM OF OTHERS

10.12.22  → 16.04.23

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