Guided Tours

The Kunsthalle Mainz wants to give as many people as possible access to contemporary art. The entire exhibition is accessible without steps and we are strive to make all events as barrier-free as possible.

Many offers are also specifically aimed at people with disabilities. If you need assistance, please let us know.

You can find more information about barrier-free access to the Kunsthalle here.

We look forward to your visit!

Bookable tour of the exhibition for groups

Duration: 1 hour
Cost: 65 euros plus entry, max. 30 people

Picture descriptions: tour for people with visual impairments

Art is created through the smell of paint, wood or other materials, through the haptics of „feeling“ surfaces and textures, through the sound of position, size and mass in space, the sound of the work of art, perhaps also by looking at it. We invite to experience the artworks and explore materials together.

Duration: 1 hour
Cost: 65 euros plus entry, max. 30 people

Explore and Discover with All Your Senses: A Tour in Simple Language

On this guided tour, the facilitators take plenty of time to explore selected works of art together. A holistic, experiential encounter with the artworks is made possible. Together we see, feel, smell and hear the art in the exhibition. The facilitators speak in a simple and accessible language.

Duration: 1 hour
Cost: 65 euros plus entry, max. 30 people

Registration: weber@kunsthalle-mainz.de or T +49 (0) 6131 126938

Educational institutions pay only the cost of the tour, which is 65 euros; admission fees are waived.

You want to see something new? Join us with your parents, siblings or grandparents at Kunsthalle Mainz. We invite families to a joint discovery tour through our halls. There is always something to experience. We offer various hands-on activities for everyone!

Sun 25/10 (3 pm)

Sun 15/11

Sun 20/12

2–3 pm

Cost: included in admission, Children under 6 years are free of charge

Wed 28/10
18 Uhr

Dr. Yana Prinsloo and Marlène Harles invite you to reflect on the current group exhibition Freund*innenschaft (friendship) from a feminist perspective. We focus on the significance that we attach to relationships beyond sexual and familial bonds. How do we evaluate and navigate relationships that do not primarily serve the purpose of reproduction? And what forms of care, support, and resistance can emerge from friendships? Together, we’ll explore this topic through the concepts of intimacy and memory. Part of the discussion is also our relationships with non-human entities, such as animals and plants.

Dr. Yana Prinsloo is a research associate in the Department of Theater Studies at the Institute for Film, Theater, Media, and Cultural Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Her dissertation on labor and care practices in contemporary independent theater in Germany was written as part of her research for the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Center 1482 “Human Differentiation” (2021–2024). From 2017 to 2021, she worked as an editor producing special programs, television segments, and online features for the 3sat cultural program Kulturzeit. As a freelance host, she has worked for the Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung and the Frauenreferat Wiesbaden, among others.

Cost: Included in admission

from 5 years

from 5 years

After the doors of the Kunsthalle Mainz have closed, we will sneak through the dark exhibition rooms by the light of your flashlights. We will explore the exhibition in search of the artists' works and get creative ourselves.

Fri 30/10

Fri 27/10

5.15 pm

Cost: 8 Euros for adults, 2 Euros for kids

Registration: mail@kunsthalle-mainz.de

Movement Elements from Dance are part of the family tour organised as part of the ‘Freistunden’ programme. As part of the ‘Freistunden’ programme, admission to the exhibition from 1 pm to 5 pm and participation in the tour are free of charge.

Sun 15/11, 2 pm

Cost: free of charge

‘Freistunden’ is made possible by Rheinhessen Sparkasse

The tours Mainz – Postcolonial want to give people in Mainz a new, different access to (their) city. The goal is to show that Mainz was involved in colonialism, to make its traces visible, and to sensitize people to its continuing effects.

The term postcolonial refers to the fact that colonialism is not merely a past era of conquest.

It is a system of power, oppression and exploitation whose structures exert influence on our present lives. In the Mainzer Neustadt are numerous examples, from street and place names such as Sömmerringplatz and Adenauer-Ufer to Mainzer Zollhafen, that we want to explore critically together.

The tours are being held in German.

Sun 15/11, 3.30 pm

(Duration approx. 1,5 hrs.)

Meeting point: Kunsthalle Mainz
Max. number of participants: 25

Please register at least three days before the tour at rlp@rosalux.org

For individual tours for educational institutions please contact: rlp@rosalux.org
Cost: 80 Euro

The curator's tour of the current exhibition offers the opportunity to gain insights into the exhibition concept and the works shown in the current exhibition.

Wed 02/12

6 pm on both days

Cost: included in admission