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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
11.00 AM - 12.00 PM
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Ammonit & Belemnite – The Endless World of Fossils
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The Ammonite & Thunderbolt exhibition houses rocks from north west Switzerland that are between 16,000 and 250 million years old. They include the most important groups of micro-fossils, plants and invertebrates. These also include numerous fossils of aquatic creatures such ...
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Exhibition
Museum Tinguely
Amuse-bouche. Der Geschmack der Kunst
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Schmeckt Kunst süss, sauer, bitter, salzig oder gar umami? Welche Rolle spielt unser Geschmacksinn im sozialen Miteinander und als künstlerisches Material? Das Museum Tinguely setzt die Reihe zu den menschlichen Sinnen in den Künsten fort und zeigt in einer Gruppenausstellung ...
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Exhibition
Kunsthalle Basel
An exhibition by Nick Mauss: «Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc.»
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Artist Nick Mauss (* 1980) has repeatedly turned exhibition-making—the assembly of precisely staged relations—into an art form. He especially conceives the scenography for this show, which brings together and reframes works by contemporary and historical figures, emphasizing ...
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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Animaloculomat – Sehen Sie sich, wie ein Tier Sie sieht
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Wollten Sie schon immer wissen, wie Sie von einem Tier gesehen werden? Nun können Sie es herausfinden: Der Animaloculomat ist ein ganz spezieller Fotoautomat – eine ‚Tierblickmaschine‘ sozusagen. Begeben Sie sich in die Kabine, passen Sie die Höhe des Drehhockers an und legen ...
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Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
Antoni Clavé / James Coignard. Focus Im Obersteg Collection
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Catalan native Antoni Clavé was considered one of the most important Spanish artists of the 20th century during the postwar era. Residing in France after 1939, his art was built on artisanal craftsmanship and a notable delight in experimentation with the application and ...
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Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
A Passion for Paintings. Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt: Collecting for Basel
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
In autumn 2019, the Kunstmuseum commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt (1845-1920) by honouring his most important patron at the beginning of the 20th century. For the first time in a long time, large parts of the collection of 305 ...
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Guided Tour
Vitra Design Museum
Architecture tours (in English)
11.30 AM - 1.30 PM, 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM
The Vitra Campus is a magnet for design and architecture enthusiasts. Few other places in the world can boast such a large number of contemporary architectural icons. It was here that Zaha Hadid created her very first structure in 1993 – the Fire Station – and American ...
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Guided Tour
Vitra Design Museum
Architecture tours (in French)
2.30 PM - 4.30 PM
The Vitra Campus is a magnet for design and architecture enthusiasts. Few other places in the world can boast such a large number of contemporary architectural icons. It was here that Zaha Hadid created her very first structure in 1993 – the Fire Station – and American ...
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Vitra Design Museum
Architecture tours (in German)
11.00 AM - 1.00 PM, 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
The Vitra Campus is a magnet for design and architecture enthusiasts. Few other places in the world can boast such a large number of contemporary architectural icons. It was here that Zaha Hadid created her very first structure in 1993 – the Fire Station – and American ...
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Exhibition
Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel
Arte popolare napoletana
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
One area of our museum's collection of miniatures is dedi- cated to the Neapolitan folk art of nativity-scene making. The exhibition with its scenes of typical everyday Mediter- ranean life conveys a unique insight into the life of the citizens of 18th-century Naples. The ...
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Exhibition
Augusta Raurica
Augusta Raurica animal park
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Roman travellers were greeted at the gates of Augusta Raurica by an ostentatious funerary monument of a confident individual which paid homage to his influential family. Nowadays the monument stands in front of the east gate and, surrounded by an idyllic animal park with rare ...
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Exhibition
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
Automaton Music 4.0. 4 décennies, 4 thèmes, une exposition et des perspectives musicales
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
April 1979 saw the opening of the Museum of Music Automatons founded by Dr. h.c. Heinrich Weiss-Stauffacher. Initially run as a private museum, it became a state institution in 1990 when the founder donated it to the Swiss Confederation.
To mark its anniversary, the ...
To mark its anniversary, the ...
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Exhibition
Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel
Bags – Icons & investments
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
History of a timeless accessory
This popular women’s accessory can be big or small, soft or hard, carried by a handle or slung over the shoulder on a strap. Adorned with splendid gold chains or simple and elegant – the handbag.
Bags have not always been cult ...
This popular women’s accessory can be big or small, soft or hard, carried by a handle or slung over the shoulder on a strap. Adorned with splendid gold chains or simple and elegant – the handbag.
Bags have not always been cult ...
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Exhibition
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Basel Carnival
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Basel Fasnacht (carnival) is a large festival of sounds and dreams, of colour and fantasy, but also of criticism and mockery. It has been evolving over the last 100 years. Since then, and now, this carnival has inspired the population and artists of this city into active ...
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Guided Tour
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Basler Fasnacht
11.00 AM - 12.00 PM
Seit wann gibt es den Morgestraich? Warum beginnt die Basler Fasnacht am Montag nach dem Aschermittwoch und um vier Uhr morgens? Die Teilnehmenden der Führung durch die Ausstellung «Basler Fasnacht» erhalten Einblick in die Geschichte der Fasnacht und in Cliquen, Guggen und ...
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Exhibition
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Big. Things Interpretations Dimensions
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
We are impressed and fascinated by bigness. Nowadays we tend to live, think and build entirely in terms of superlatives. The new permanent exhibition brings the big world to the museum, showcasing huge objects but, surprisingly, also many small exhibits. Because big doesn't ...
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Exhibition
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Bima, Mr Punch, and Demon
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
We are all familiar with the theatre. A very common and popular form is the puppet theatre in various forms. The exhibition presents stick puppets, shadow play figures, glove puppets, and marionettes from across Asia and Europe. The narratives in which they feature are ...
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Guided Tour
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
Brief tour of the Britannic organ (in german)
1.40 PM - 2.00 PM, 3.40 PM - 4.00 PM
A description of the history of the Seewen Britannic organ combined with live performances of piano and organ music.
In 2007, while the museum’s mighty Welte Philharmonie organ was in the process of being restored, evidence came to light testifying to the ...
In 2007, while the museum’s mighty Welte Philharmonie organ was in the process of being restored, evidence came to light testifying to the ...
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Exhibition
Kunsthalle Basel
Camille Blatrix: «Standby Mice Station»
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The sculptures of French artist Camille Blatrix (*1984) are inspired by the mass-produced objects that surround us, but are made using traditional techniques and exquisite handcraft. The results are objects imbued with inexplicable affect and evoking machines whose use ...
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Workshop
Cartoonmuseum Basel
Cartoonsonntag: Wortlos
2.00 PM - 4.00 PM
Typisch für den Comic ist das Erzählen mit Text und Bild. Es geht aber auch anders. Im Workshop erkunden wir, wie Bilder alleine sprechen können und was es braucht, damit der Groschen fällt. Ein Workshop mit Murielle Cornut, mit Zvieri
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Exhibition
Augusta Raurica
Children? Children! Searching for traces in Augusta Raurica
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Who were the children of Augusta Raurica? What kind of childhood did they have? Did they have toys? Did they go to school? Or did they, like the adults, have to work? During the town’s heyday, some 15,000 people lived in Augusta Raurica. One third were less than 15 years old! ...
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Exhibition
Kunsthaus Baselland
Christoph Oertli. Sensing Bodies
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Seit den 1990er-Jahren prägt der aktuell wieder in Basel wohnhafte Künstler Christoph Oertli (*1962 in Winterthur) mit seinen Performances und vor allem Videoarbeiten das (Schweizer) Kunstgeschehen. Zentral in den Videoarbeiten Oertlis steht der Mensch in seinem Umfeld und ...
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Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
Circular Flow. On the Economy of Inequality
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
What does the progressive economization of all areas of life mean for our individual and collective life? What ethical, social and global political consequences does it have? Various artists pursue these and other questions.
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Guided Tour
Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten
Der Basler Daig wird ausgestochen - Der «Daig» im 18. Jahrhundert und die neuen Machthaber
11.15 AM - 12.15 PM
Manch einer spricht heute noch vom «Basler Daig» und meint damit das Patriziat. Wie schaffte es dieser «Daig» im 18. Jahrhundert mit neuen Machthabern umzugehen, und welche politischen Strukturen veränderten sich? Die Kantonsteilung ist nur eine Konsequenz, welche uns bis ...
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Guided Tour
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Der Basler Koran - Ein Beitrag zum interkulturellen Dialog
11.00 AM - 12.00 PM
Das Historische Museum Basel präsentiert den Basler Koran. Die 1242 in Ägypten oder Syrien entstandene Handschrift wurde 1437 aus Konstantinopel ans Basler Konzil gebracht.
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Exhibition
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Skulpturhalle
Dichter - Denker - Demagogen
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Die Skulpturhalle Basel besitzt mehr als 100 Abgüsse von griechischen Bildnissen. In der neuen Dauerausstellung präsentiert sie diese erstmals in einer zugänglichen und aufschlussreichen Neupräsentation.
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Dinos & Sauriers – Living Images of the Past
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
How did the dinosaurs live? What did they eat? How quickly did they grow? Why did they get so big? And what was their social behaviour like? Our permanent exhibition offers plenty of answers to these and other questions. We'll show you that, actually, dinosaurs were far from ...
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Exhibition
Dreiländermuseum
Dreiländerausstellung / Dauerausstellung: Hallo, Salut, Grüezi!
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Kennen Sie die RegioTriRhena, die Drei-Länder-Region am Rhein? Deutschland, Frankreich, Schweiz: Drei Länder und doch eine Region – das ist das Ergebnis einer einzigartigen Geschichte.
Welche Gemeinsamkeiten verbinden die drei Länder? Wie kam es zur Dreiteilung des ...
Welche Gemeinsamkeiten verbinden die drei Länder? Wie kam es zur Dreiteilung des ...
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Exhibition
Fondation Beyeler
Edward Hopper
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The Fondation Beyeler’s 2020 spring exhibition will show works by Edward Hopper (1882–1967), one of the 20th century’s most important American painters. Hopper was born in Nyack, New York. After training as an illustrator, he studied painting at the New York School of Art ...
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Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
Ein Basler Blick auf die Moderne. Der Fotoreporter Lothar Jeck 1898–1983
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Wer verstehen will, wie Basel zu einem Zentrum moderner Kunst in der Schweiz wurde, wird nach der Modernisierung der Stadt selbst in derselben Zeit Umschau halten. Fotografien zählen für uns Heutige zu den wichtigsten Zeugnissen dieses in der Zwischenkriegszeit vollzogenen ...
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Guided Tour
Children
Kunsthaus Baselland
Familienführung und –workshop (5-12 Jahre)
2.00 PM - 4.00 PM
Mit Julianna Filep, Kunstvermittlerin, Unkostenbeitrag Material: 5CHF/Person, mit Familienpass 4 CHF/Person
Anmeldung bis 18.2.2020 an office@kunsthausbaselland.ch
Anmeldung bis 18.2.2020 an office@kunsthausbaselland.ch
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Special
Children
Kunsthaus Baselland
Familiensonntag
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Freier Eintritt für die Familien in die Ausstellung
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Exhibition
Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel
Fascinating World of Teddy Bears and Dolls
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The respect shown to every exhibit on display is evident both within the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel (Toy Worlds Museum Basle) and in its show windows in the prominent pedestrian precinct in the centre of Basel. Adequate space has been given to the displays throughout the ...
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Fire & Water – From the Mountain Summits to the Oceanic Abyss
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Earth is an exceptionally dynamic planet. The characteristics of its surface originate deep inside the planet. This is the only way to explain the continents that have been moving for millions of years, the rising mountain peaks, the formation and subduction of oceanic ...
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Guided Tour
Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel
Führung
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
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Guided Tour
Children
Augusta Raurica
Führung für Familien
1.00 PM - 2.00 PM, 2.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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Exhibition
Sammlung Friedhof Hörnli
Funeral Artefacts
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
Ash urns and documents on the history of cremation, hearses, coffins, cemetery regulations, grave crosses, glass bead wreaths and memento mori.
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Exhibition
Vitra Design Museum
Gallery: Typology: An Ongoing Study of Everyday Items
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Many objects are not designed by professional designers, but have evolved across the centuries. In 2016 four French product designers – Guillaume Bloget, Raphael Daufresne, Thélonious Goupil, and Guillaume Jandin – began to explore the history of product archetypes, ...
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Guided Tour
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Gladiator. Die wahre Geschichte
11.30 AM - 12.30 PM
Öffentliche Führung durch "Gladiator. Die wahre Geschichte". Eintrittspreis + CHF 7, Reservation notwendig unter Tel. +41 61 201 12 12.
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Exhibition
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Gladiator. The true story
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Gladiator fights are among the most notorious spectacles of the ancient world. This lavishly designed exhibition challenges our established perception of gladiators and draws on new research to show the humans behind the helmets, their moving stories and their function in ...
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Exhibition
Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz
Glaubensdinge (Onlineausstellung)
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Woran glaubt die Jugend? Welche Rolle spielt die Religion für Zwölf- und Dreizehnjährige, die in Basel in gläubigen, atheistischen und interkulturellen Familien aufwachsen? «Glaubensdinge» erkundete mit einer Schulklasse die Religionsvielfalt als Chance und als ...
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Guided Tour
Fondation Beyeler
Guided Tour
12.00 PM - 1.00 PM
The one-hour-long guided tours provide an insight into the current exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler. They are conducted daily by our experienced and knowledgeable art mediators.
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Guided Tour
Kunsthalle Basel
Guided Tour
3.00 PM - 4.00 PM
Each Sunday at 3 pm, you are warmly welcome to our public guided tour, which is included in the admission. Members of the Kunsthalle Basel team guide you through the exhibition and provide insights on its content.
On selected dates, the tours are held in English and ...
On selected dates, the tours are held in English and ...
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HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel)
Guided tour on Sundays
3.00 PM - 4.00 PM
Every Sunday we offer a free guided tour through the current exhibition.
The guided tours are in German, however, please contact us if you are English speaking and we might be able to organise a tour in both languages.
The tour starts at 3pm, registration is ...
The guided tours are in German, however, please contact us if you are English speaking and we might be able to organise a tour in both languages.
The tour starts at 3pm, registration is ...
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Guided Tour
Vitra Design Museum
Highlights from the Collection (EN)
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
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Exhibition
Museum Kleines Klingental
Historical Convent and Medieval Sculptures
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The permanent exposition in the historical rooms of the former Klingental Dominican convent features original medieval sculptures from Basel Cathedral, a 17th-century model of the city, and the history of the convent itself.
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Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel
Historical Preparations
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
In addition to contemporary exhibits, the Museum possesses numerous, valuable, historical preparations which have been restored using the latest techniques. They are now presented in new displays. Of special historical interest, is the skeleton prepared in 1543 by Andreas ...
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Exhibition
Schweizerisches Feuerwehrmuseum Basel
History of Fire-fighting
2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Fire-fighting equipment, ranging from medieval hand-operated spraying devices to modern oxygen inhalers.
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Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
History of Pharmacy
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The Museum of Pharmacy exhibits one of the world's largest collections dedicated to the history of pharmacy. Alchemistic laboratories, pharmacies, scientific instruments, ceramics, and many other highlights are shown in a medieval house.
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Exhibition
Vitra Design Museum
Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Our homes are an expression of the way we live, they shape our everyday routines and fundamentally affect our well-being. From February 2020, the Vitra Design Museum will present a major exhibition tracing the evolution of the contemporary private interior. Beginning with ...
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Exhibition
Dreiländermuseum
Inspiration 7: Still Life
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
After the themes dance, music, water, light, peace + love and finally portraits + self-portraits the still life was chosen for the 7th edition of Inspiration.
Still lifes invite to conscious looking. They focus on 'inanimate' objects and lift them out of their ...
Still lifes invite to conscious looking. They focus on 'inanimate' objects and lift them out of their ...
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Exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Leaps in Time
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
From Neanderthals to a pharmaceutical hub: Visitors embark on a tour of 100,000 years of Basel history with a selection of 50 objects and 100 milestones, six film spots on recent history, and an interactive installation of facts and images telling of the city’s development up ...
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Guided Tour
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Le Carnaval de Bâle
3.00 PM - 4.00 PM
Visite guidée en français
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Loophole – From the Egg to the Butterfly
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Once a caterpillar has battled its way out of its egg, it eats as much as it can. It changes its appearance, grows and metamorphoses in order to ultimately emerge from its chrysalis as a beautiful butterfly and fly through the air. We illustrate this remarkable stage of ...
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Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
Luminous Figures. Drawings and Stained Glass Paintings from Holbein to Ringler
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
In the sixteenth century, small-format stained glass paintings graced the windows of many a guild room and council hall. The exhibition organised by the Department of Prints and Drawings showcases numerous preliminary drawings as well as finished glass paintings.
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HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel)
Making FASHION Sense
12.00 PM - 6.00 PM
The exhibition Making FASHION Sense is dedicated to the nexus of fashion and technology, yet far removed from the hype of flashy futuristic spacesuits and 3D accessories or all too easily discarded fitness wearables. Instead it focuses on the fundamental transformation that ...
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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Mammoth & Sabre-Toothed Tiger – In a Land before our Time
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Saber-toothed cats, Megaloceros (giant elk), dwarf elephants and humans – the evolution of mammals is spectacular. We showcase mammals and their ancestors using selected rare specimens. The climax of the exhibition is our famous mammoth.
Mammals today account for ...
Mammals today account for ...
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Exhibition
Kunsthaus Baselland
Marlene McCarty. Into the Weeds
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Marlene McCarty (*1957, USA/CH) ist in Basel keine Unbekannte. Von 1978 bis 1983 studierte sie an der Allgemeinen Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel. Nach ihrem Umzug 1983 nach New York arbeitete sie u.a. als stellvertretende Leiterin der MoMA-Abteilung für Grafikdesign. Frühwurde ...
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Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
Max Sulzbachner. Hustle and Bustle in Basel
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The Kunstmuseum Basel is honouring the versatile work of the Basel artist Max Sulzbachner with a retrospective on the mezzanine floor of the Hauptbau. The focus is on the artist's early works, which were primarily characterized by their proximity to the Red-Blue I group, as ...
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Exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Medieval Worlds of Faith
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Showcased here will be medieval works of art from churches in Switzerland and on the Upper Rhine. The impressive sculptures attesting to the veneration of saints are a reminder of how society was pervaded by the Christian faith and the church and of the influence they have ...
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Exhibition
Museum Tinguely
Mengele-Dance of Death
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
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Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel
Mysterious brain. Can sport make you clever?
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
The brain processes sensory impressions and information. Did you know that exercise and sport have a positive effect on the brain?
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Nature's Showcase – Birds, Mammals & Minerals in Switzerland
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The exhibition shines the spotlight on indigenous birds, mammals and minerals. The exterior of birds and mammals reveals a lot about how they move, hunt and eat. Two habitats, the city and the mountains, show examples of how animals are able to adapt to a constantly changing ...
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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Octopus & Butterfly – Fascinating Invertebrates
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Invertebrates do not have a bony skeleton. Their striking appearance is often shaped by an exoskeleton as is the case with insects, or a shell system as found in mussels and snails. However they can also be soft and mobile, like worms. The exhibition offers an overview of the ...
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Exhibition
Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel
Original Dissections
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
Original dissections of human body parts, organs and tissues.
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Exhibition
Dreiländermuseum
Paul Ibenthaler
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Paul Ibenthaler is one of the most important artists of the 20th century in southern Baden. With his Expressive Realism he made a significant contribution to Markgräfler art after the Second World War. 100 years ago, on 18 June 1920, he was born in Lörrach. In a large special ...
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Exhibition
Museum Tinguely
Permanent collections Jean Tinguely
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The Museum's permanent collections present a selection of the Jean Tinguely's machine-sculptures, reliefs and drawings from all the periods of his career. Further, a great number of drawings and letter-drawings, documents, exhibition posters, catalogues and documentation as ...
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Exhibition
Kunstmuseum Basel
Picasso, Chagall, Jawlensky. Masterworks of the Im Obersteg Collection
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Showing treasures of classic modernism from an eminent private collection in Basel in dialogue with works from our own holdings, the exhibition sheds light on the history of the collection and Karl Im Obersteg’s longstanding ties to the Kunstmuseum Basel.
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Kunstmuseum Basel
Picasso, Chagall, Jawlensky. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Im Obersteg
2.00 PM - 3.00 PM
Visite guidée en Français
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Exhibition
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Skulpturhalle
Plaster Casts of Ancient Sculptures
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
This is one of the largest collections of plaster casts of ancient sculptures. Its complete reconstruction of the sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens is the only one of its kind.
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Exhibition
Museum.BL
Preserve! What we collect. A convertible permanent exhibition
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Collecting, a passion: But do we have to keep all these things and what significance do they have for us and our future? Private collectors present their treasures and museum curators give special insights into the museum's collections.
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Museum.BL
Preserve! What we collect. A convertible permanent exhibition
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Collecting, a passion: But do we have to keep all these things and what significance do they have for us and our future? Private collectors present their treasures and museum curators give special insights into the museum's collections.
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Exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Public Enemy – Bruno Manser and the Rainforest (one showcase)
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Bruno Manser (1954–2005) was Switzerland’s best known environmentalist and human rights activist during his own lifetime. He ventured to Borneo in Malaysia to study the language and culture of the Penan, one of the last nomadic peoples on earth. As an activist he was ...
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Quagga & Dodo – Threatened and extinct
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Since its origins in the 18th century, the Natural History Museum Basel has repeatedly gathered examples on its expeditions of animal species that have since disappeared from the natural world. Thanks to the correct storage of the collection objects in our «Archives of Life», ...
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Exhibition
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Skulpturhalle
Römische Porträts in Abgüssen der Skulpturhalle
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Während sich die griechischen Bildnisse gleichmässig auf die drei Kategorien ‹Dichter›, ‹Denker› und ‹Politiker› verteilen, entfällt der weitaus grösste Teil der hinterlassenen Porträts römischer Zeit auf Bildnisse von Angehörigen der Kaiserhäuser bzw. auf solche von ...
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Special
Kunstmuseum Basel
Round table anlässlich des 100. Todestags von Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt
11.00 AM - 12.30 PM
Mit Joanna Smalcerz (Provenienzforscherin Kunstmuseum Basel/ Universität Bern), Nikolaus Meier (ehemals Kunstmuseum Basel), Bodo Vischer, Gabriel Dette und Bodo Brinkmann (Autoren des Ausstellungskatalogs)
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Exhibition
Fondation Beyeler
Silent Vision – Images of Calm and Quiet at the Fondation Beyeler
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The Fondation Beyeler’s current collection display focuses on works of modern and contemporary art dealing with the topic of calm and quiet.The collection display presents key works of the Fondation Beyeler spanning the period from Impressionism to contemporary art, by Claude ...
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Museum.BL
Silk Ribbon. Capital, Art & Crises. Silk industry
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The peak of the silk industry in the 19th century is followed by a rapid decline: the market for luxury goods collapses during the First and Second World Wars and silk ribbons are no longer fashionable. The ribbon manufacturers will find different solutions or go bankrupt. ...
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Exhibition
Kunsthaus Baselland
Solo Position: Stefan Karrer
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Müde blickende Wassertropfen, Forumsdiskussionen über Aussprache und Bedeutung des fotografischen Begriffs Bokeh und zwei maltesische Höhlen, die um einen homerischen Mythos konkurrieren sind Ausgangspunkte der im Kunsthaus gezeigten neuen Videoinstallation von Stefan Karrer ...
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Guided Tour
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Sonntagsführung 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year'
11.00 AM - 12.00 PM, 2.00 PM - 3.00 PM
Das Naturhistorische Museum Basel zeigt die besten Naturfotografien des Jahres 2019. Atemberaubende Landschaften, überraschende Tierporträts und dramatische Szenerien lassen Sie eintauchen in die Schönheiten und den Zauber der Natur. 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year' gehört ...
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Exhibition
Verkehrsdrehscheibe Schweiz und unser Weg zum Meer
Swiss Gate to the Ocean
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The permanent exhibition at the shipping museum is focusing on current means of transport, all rolled into one: water, rail, road and air, with the focus on shipping.
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Guided Tour
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
Switzerland – a Country of Sound Pioneers
12.20 PM - 1.20 PM, 2.00 PM - 3.00 PM, 4.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Guided tour
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Exhibition
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
Switzerland - a Country of Sound Pioneers
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The perforated disc began its brief career in mechanical music in the 1880s in Leipzig, This new simplified sound production system was cheaper to produce and allowed for a wider, and more topical music repertoire. Also Swiss companies produced disc music boxes for the world market.
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Exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Musikmuseum
Switzerland's largest collection of musical instruments
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Musical instruments from five centuries are shown in both their musical and social contexts and grouped according to musical genres or to occasions on which specific instruments were played. Visitors can also hear how the instruments sound and are given additional information ...
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Exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
The Basel Quran
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The manuscript penned in Egypt or Syria in 1242 was brought to the Council of Basel from Constantinople in 1437. It later served the Zurich theologian Theodor Bibliander (1509–1564) as a source text for his Latin translation of the Quran, which was printed in Basel by Hans ...
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Exhibition
Basler Papiermühle
The hands-on museum where you can get in touch with paper
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Seit 30 Jahren befindet sich die Basler Papiermühle im idyllischen Mühlenquartier St. Alban; in einem Haus, in dem über 500 Jahre lang Papier produziert wurde. Nach einer umfassenden baulichen Sanierung und Neukonzeption der Dauerausstellung wird das selber Hand anlegen und ...
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Exhibition
Augusta Raurica
The largest bronze model of a Roman city. Hands on Augusta Raurica!
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
In the wide space between the museum and the theatre of Augusta Raurica is a further attraction presented: the largest bronze model of a Roman city. With a dimension of 4.8 x 2.8 meters, it gives an impressive picture of the grandeur of the former metropolis.
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Exhibition
Museum Tinguely
The Luminator at the Euroairport
11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Jean Tinguely’s Luminator was designed in 1991 for the Kulturgüterzug Kulturgüterzug (“train of cultural goods”), an exhibition organized by Klaus Littmann at Messe Basel in June of that year. For the exhibition artists such as Daniel Spoerri, Bernhard Luginbühl and Eva ...
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Exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten
The magnificent Kirschgarten House
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The magnificent Kirschgarten House - built between 1775 and 1780 as the home and office of a Basle silk ribbon manufacturer - is one of Switzerland's principal museums of domestic life. Laid out on two floors, period rooms depict life during the eighteenth and nineteenth ...
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Exhibition
Mühlemuseum
The Millers' Daily Work
8.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The former watermill at the Brüglingerhof offers an exhibition on the history of the watermill and millers' daily work from the Bronze Age up to the 21st century.
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Exhibition
Museum.BL
The wilder side of the canton of Basel-Landschaft. On the trail of animals and plants
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The changeable permanent exhibition at the Museum.BL deals with life in its full splendour and takes visitors on a journey of discovery through the natural riches of the canton of Basel-Landschaft: A wealth of surprising natural paradises turns Basel into an ecologically very ...
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Exhibition
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Thirst for Knowledge meets Collecting Mania
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Museums face challenging times: what seemed a must for an ethnographic museum in the past – such as a collection of skulls – is now a sensitive issue. In collecting, objects were removed from their original contexts, items made of rare and precious materials such as ivory or ...
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Exhibition
Cartoonmuseum Basel
Tom Tirabosco
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Tom Tirabosco belongs to a generation of comics authors from Romandy, who have been attracting attention for several years with unusual and unconventional works. Born in 1966 in Rome, he has lived in Geneva since 1970 and also has his studio there today. His admiration of ...
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Exhibition
S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum
Under the Radar
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Architecture does not exist in a vacuum, but is embedded in a larger territory that is essentially defined by political and economic agendas. The «architecture» of this territory is largely designed without architects. Nevertheless, or precisely for this reason, architects ...
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Exhibition
Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz
Up Close and Personal / Judaism
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Since it was founded in 1966, Basel's Jewish Museum has assembled a cultural-historical collection unique in Europe. In 2016 it celebrates its 50th anniversary with a display of noteworthy artifacts, such as textiles, ceremonial objects, everyday items, and a Torah arc from ...
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Guided Tour
Fondation Beyeler
Visite guidée publique en français
3.00 PM - 4.00 PM
Visite guidée dans l'exposition «Edward Hopper»
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Exhibition
Vitra Design Museum
Vitra Schaudepot: After the Wall: Design since 1989
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The Vitra Design Museum opened on 3 November 1989 – only a few days before the historic fall of the Berlin Wall. Thirty years later, the Vitra Schaudepot presents «After the Wall: Design since 1989Tejo RemyTejo Remy». The exhibition charts design from the past three decades, ...
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Exhibition
Vitra Design Museum
Vitra Schaudepot: The Vitra Design Museum Collection - 1800 to the Present
10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
The Schaudepot was initiated with the goal of making the constantly growing collection of the Vitra Design Museum more accessible to the public.
The cornerstone for the collection was laid by the museum's founder Rolf Fehlbaum. In the 1980s he assembled a collection ...
The cornerstone for the collection was laid by the museum's founder Rolf Fehlbaum. In the 1980s he assembled a collection ...
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Whale & Fish – Gentle Giants of the Ocean
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The permanent Whale & Fish exhibition offers a magical view not only over the rooftops of Basel, but also most importantly of the wonderfully presented skeleton of a minke whale. It lay for forty years in the collection room before finding its way into the exhibition. Another ...
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Exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten
Wild Boar and Lettuce
11.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Among the great treasures of porcelain art are the animal-shaped tureens and deceptively real-looking plates of olives or lettuce made by the Strasbourg manufactories. This new show will present these exquisite pieces in the larger context of the dining culture of that era.
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Exhibition
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
The Natural History Museum Basel presents 2019's best wildlife photographs. Breath taking landscapes, surprising animal portraits and dramatic spectacles of nature allow you to immerse yourself in the beauty and magic of nature.
«Wildlife Photographer of the Year» is ...
«Wildlife Photographer of the Year» is ...
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Workshop
Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel
Workshop “Bags – Icons & investments”
1.30 PM - 5.30 PM
Unpack your creativity.
A bag like no other
Everyone has a bag. Women maybe a few more than men. Children maybe smaller ones than adults. But who owns a bag that nobody else has? Probably very few people. That could change very quickly now.
As part ...
A bag like no other
Everyone has a bag. Women maybe a few more than men. Children maybe smaller ones than adults. But who owns a bag that nobody else has? Probably very few people. That could change very quickly now.
As part ...
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Guided Tour
Children
Vitra Design Museum
Wow! Boom! Pop! Spectacular Seating (in German)
2.30 PM - 3.30 PM
Time and again, designers have consciously turned away from established norms and created spectacular, experimental and funspirited pieces of seating furniture. In this tour, we will explore these special chairs and then make our own pop-up cards.
The tour will be ...
The tour will be ...
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