Exhibition

Dreiländermuseum

1870/71: neighbours at war

Closed

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 barely plays a role in collective memory. The consequences were not only serious for Baden and the Upper Rhine, but also for both nations. The victory over Napoleon III made France a republic and brought German unity under Kaiser Wilhelm I. ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

200 JAHRE NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL

Closed

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Ammonit & Belemnite – The Endless World of Fossils

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

animalistic! Animals and hybrid creatures in Antiquity

Closed

Delve into a world of wild animals and ferocious hybrid creatures that have fired our imaginations from time immemorial. Learn about the status of animals in ancient civilisations and encounter monstrous creatures such as centaurs, griffins, the sphinx and the Chimera. Many ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Animalistic! – No Culture Without Animals

Closed

For a long time, the relationship between humans and animals was unequal, with humans representing the far superior beings. This view has changed. The exhibition – part of a cooperation between four Basel museums – looks at various aspects of the relationship between humans ...

Read more

Exhibition

Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel

animalistic! Snake, cod liver oil and cortisone - from animals to active pharmaceutical ingredients

Closed

The special exhibition «animalistic! Snake, cod liver oil and cortisone - from animals to active pharmaceutical ingredients.» investigates the use of animals as drugs, active ingredients of pharmaceuticals and symbol in the history of pharmacy up to the present day.

Read more

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Musikmuseum

animalistic! – The Sound of Animals

Closed

Animals and music delight children and adults alike. But why does the nightingale sing, but the wolf howls? And how do the cow get on the drum and the elephant into the piano? You can find out in the exhibition.

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

ANNA CATHARINA BISCHOFF. DIE MUMIE AUS DER BARFÜSSERKIRCHE

Closed

Vor drei Jahren ist es einer internationalen Forschergruppe unter der Leitung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel gelungen, eine bis dahin namenlose Mumie als die 1787 verstorbene Anna Catharina Bischoff zu identifizieren. Das soeben im Christoph Merian Verlag erschienene ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunsthaus Baselland

Annual exterior project Kunsthaus Baselland 2021: Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger

Closed

For the eighth time, the Kunsthaus is devoting the large outdoor banner to a work of art to be on view for twelve months. After Bianca Pedrina (2014), Kilian Rüthemann (2015), Matthias Huber (2016), Daniel Göttin (2017), Vittorio Brodmann (2018), Gina Folly (2019) and Lena ...

Read more

Exhibition

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

Arte popolare napoletana

Closed

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 ...

Read more

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 ...

Read more

Special Children

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

A visit from Santiglaus

1.00 PM - 5.00 PM

Saint Nicholas pops in on 6 December. He can’t wait for your poems and has a small gift for everyone.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Basel Carnival

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum

Beton

Closed

Concrete: either you love it or hate it. This exhibition examines this polarising material and its role in the Swiss self-image, challenging popular myths and uncovering surprising connections.

A coproduction of S AM, gta Archives ETH Zürich, Archives de la ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunstmuseum Basel

Camille Pissarro. The Studio of Modernism

Closed

Camille Pissarro is recognized as one of the most important painters in 19th century France, far beyond Impressionism. The exhibition focuses on his numerous collaborations with artists such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat and the avant-garde character of his work.

Read more

Exhibition

Cartoonmuseum Basel

Catherine Meurisse. L’humour au sérieux

Closed

Catherine Meurisse (b. 1980) is one of today’s most famous female French comics artists. She is the author of several graphic novels and comics reportages, drew caricatures and illustrated children’s books. In the year 2020, Catherine Meurisse became the first cartoonist and ...

Read more

Exhibition

Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz

CHAI - חי. When Gravestones Speak of Life

1.00 PM - 4.00 PM

Four sculptures by the artist Fabio Luks engage in a conversation with the medieval gravestones installed in the Museum's courtyard. CHAI, «alive» in Hebrew, is central to Judaism, which attaches the highest importance to life.

Read more

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten

Christmas at the Haus zum Kirschgarten

Closed

The Haus zum Kirschgarten looks more radiant than ever at Christmas time. Stylishly enhanced by a seasonal exhibition of Christmas trees, its magnificent Neoclassical architecture can be experienced in a whole new way.

The numerous trees festooned with historical ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum.BL

CLOSED: La, la, la. An exhibition to sing along with

Closed

We listen to songs from all over the world, discover how animals sing and experience how singing originates. We explore our own singing voice, and if you have the courage, you sing your song in the «Singbar».

Read more

Exhibition

Museum.BL

Closed until further notice: Preserve! What we collect. A convertible permanent exhibition

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Fondation Beyeler

Close-up (postponed)

10.00 AM - 6.00 PM

The Fondation Beyeler’s autumn exhibition will showcase works by nine women artists occupying prominent and distinctive positions within the history of modern art from 1870 to the present day: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Lotte Laserstein, Frida ...

Read more

Special

Augusta Raurica

Das Namenlose Gespenst: Ein Rätselrundgang voller Düfte und Gerüche für die ganze Familie

10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Read more

Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Dichter - Denker - Demagogen

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Kleines Klingental

Die geträumte Stadt. Nicht realisierte Planungsprojekte für Basel

Closed

Die Ausstellung präsentiert anhand von Modellen und Plänen bislang wenig bekannte Ideen aus dem 20. Jahrhundert für Basel, die nicht realisiert worden sind und stellt sie in den aktuellen Kontext. Sie zeigt, dass auch heute ehrgeizige Projekte ausgearbeitet – und realisiert ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Dinos & Sauriers – Living Images of the Past

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Dreiländermuseum

Dreiländerausstellung / Dauerausstellung: Hallo, Salut, Grüezi!

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

EARTH AT ITS LIMITS

Closed

Our earth is a unique planet. Life originated on it. Over thousands of years, humankind existed without leaving a profound mark on the environment. In the meantime, our constantly growing need for space and natural resources is putting pressure on ecosystems around the world. ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

Écrits d’Art Brut - Wild Expression & Thought

Closed

Declarations of love, angry letters, erotic messages, journal-like notes or utopian stories: these texts by Art Brut creators were written behind closed doors, in silence and in secret. Composed in painstaking calligraphy or hastily scribbled, sometimes embroidered, carved ...

Read more

Exhibition Children

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Egypt. 3,000 years of culture on the Nile

Closed

The Antikenmuseum Basel has the richest and most diverse collection of Egyptian art in Switzerland. The newly designed show uses the latest exhibition technology to take visitors into the mysterious land of the pharaohs in six themed areas. A children’s adventure trail ...

Read more

Digital Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Eintreten ins virtuelle Museum

Closed

Das Museum der Kulturen Basel ist virtuell immer offen. Von unserer Website aus gelangen Sie jederzeit ins Museum. Sie nehmen an Führungen teil, begegnen Buddha zuhause auf dem Sofa, lernen die Lieblingsobjekte der Mitarbeitenden kennen und können Bastelanleitungen für schöne ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunstmuseum Basel

Encountering Böcklin

Closed

Born in Basel, the artist Arnold Böcklin is one of the most important representatives of Symbolism and is one of the patron saints of the Kunstmuseum. The exhibition presents over 90 paintings and sculptural works by Böcklin. The Kunstmuseum Basel thus houses the most ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Enlightened – The Realm of the Buddhas

Closed

From meditation retreats to living rooms to garden ponds – Buddhas are everywhere! What do we find so fascinating about this figure? What forms do Buddhist teachings and practices embrace? The exhibition follows up these and other questions and sheds light on Buddhism in all ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

Et tout ceci est vrai! In Tinguely’s footsteps between Paris, Amsterdam, and Basel

Closed

«Everything is in motion. Nothing ever stands still.» Thus begins Jean Tinguely’s manifesto Für Statik of 1959. As part of its festivities to mark «25 Years of Moving Art» Museum Tinguely is showing an exhibition true to the same motto. The venue is a converted barge, ...

Read more

Exhibition

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

Fascinating World of Teddy Bears and Dolls

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Fire & Water – From the Mountain Summits to the Oceanic Abyss

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Digital Exhibition

Basler Papiermühle

Frühe Musikdrucke aus Basler Pressen

Closed

Frühe Musikdrucke aus Basler Pressen

Basel war ein frühes Zentrum des Musiknotendrucks.
Die Universitätsbibliothek Basel präsentiert Highlights aus ihren Beständen.  

Zu sehen sind das liturgische Gesangbuch Graduale Romanum, das 1488 in Basel bei ...

Read more

Exhibition

Sammlung Friedhof Hörnli

Funeral Artefacts

Closed

Ash urns and documents on the history of cremation, hearses, coffins, cemetery regulations, grave crosses, glass bead wreaths and memento mori.

Read more

Exhibition

Vitra Design Museum

Gallery: Memphis: 40 Years of Kitsch and Elegance

12.00 PM - 5.00 PM

The Memphis group was one of the most unusual phenomena to appear in the world of design in recent decades. It emerged in the winter of 1980/81, when a group of young designers eager to break away from the dogmas of functionalism and industrial design formed around the ...

Read more

Exhibition

Vitra Design Museum

Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 - Today

12.00 PM - 5.00 PM

Be it in furniture design, fashion design, industrial design, or interior design, women have contributed crucially to the development of modern design, both creatively and commercially. The exhibition «Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today» explores the role of designers ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Kleines Klingental

Historical Convent and Medieval Sculptures

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel

Historical Preparations

2.00 PM - 5.00 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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Feuerwehrmuseum Basel

History of Fire-fighting

Closed

Fire-fighting equipment, ranging from medieval hand-operated spraying devices to modern oxygen inhalers.

Read more

Exhibition

Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel

History of Pharmacy

Closed

The Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel 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.

Read more

Exhibition

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

HO HO HO

Closed

From Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus

O come all ye faithful to the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel (Toy Worlds Museum Basle): every year, in the Advent season, the museum spruces itself up with Christmassy display windows, a redesigned shop and a glittering Christmas ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunstmuseum Basel

Holbein and Dostoevsky. The Dead Christ and its Effect

Closed

500 years ago, Hans Holbein the Younger created the Dead Christ in the Tomb, which is now one of the icons in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel. 300 years later, in 1821, the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born. In his novel The Idiot, Holbein's painting ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunsthaus Baselland

Inside the Amazon. In Kooperation mit dem Fotomuseum Winterthur und Culturscapes

Closed

Ab Ende Oktober zeigt das Fotomuseum Winterthur eine umfangreiche Ausstellung zum Werk der in São Paulo lebenden Fotografin Claudia Andujar (*1931, in Neuchâtel, CH). Seit den 1960er Jahren widmet sie ihr Schaffen der indigenen Gemeinschaft der Yanomami im Amazonas und ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

Jeu continu … Swiss music boxes in a class of their own

Closed

Manufacturers dotted along the Swiss Jura arc once produced large music boxes in a class of their own, either for exhibitions or on order. For almost unlimited musical enjoyment, technical innovations made it possible to play long pieces of music without interruption – a ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunstmuseum Basel

Joseph Beuys. Collection Presentation

Closed

In memory of Hans U. Bodenmann (1926-2016), early collector and long-time friend of Joseph Beuys, Dr. h.c. Maja Oeri and her sons Hans Emanuel and Melchior Oeri donated eleven display cases of Joseph Beuys to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel.

These are on display ...

Read more

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Leaps in Time

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

«le Définitif - c'est le Provisoire». New presentation of Museum Tinguely’s collection

Closed

DIY art, limelight, broken glass – in Jean Tinguely’s multi-facetted oeuvre one encounters everything from machine performances to multisensory spectacles to critiques of consumer culture. Works and documents show his early successes, theatre projects and correspondence. ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Loophole – From the Egg to the Butterfly

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Making the World. Lived Worlds

Closed

The Museum der Kulturen Basel and the Kunstmuseum Basel jointly explore the theme “the human making of the world”. Exhibits from both museums enter into a dialogue with each other, with the Museum der Kulturen Basel focusing on how humans and their environment are intertwined.

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Mammoth & Sabre-Toothed Tiger – In a Land before our Time

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Medieval Worlds of Faith

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Memory – Moments of Remembering and Forgetting

Closed

The exhibition playfully reveals the manifold practices people rely on to recall specific moments in life, from birth to death, but also to forget about them. Significant events in society are passed on by word of mouth, carved in stone, or, as the case may be, never disclosed.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

Mengele-Dance of Death

Closed

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

Merci Seppi. A wonderful gift

Closed

Josef «Seppi» Imhof was Jean Tinguely’s assistant from 1971 until the artist’s death in 1991. During the years when he was Tinguely’s closest and most constant companion, he collected a large number of works on paper, including drawings, prints, collages, letters, sketches, ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunsthalle Basel

Michaela Eichwald «Auf das Ganze achten und gegen die Tatsachen existieren»

Closed

In her first Swiss institutional solo exhibition, the German artist Michaela Eichwald (*1967) presents all new paintings. Somewhere between abstraction and figuration, language and gesture, her artistic approach unfolds on thickly-layered surfaces made of unconventional ...

Read more

Exhibition

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

Moving World – Steiff surprises and fascinates

Closed

True gems produced by the renowned and world-famous family-owned company, Margarete Steiff GmbH, Giengen (Germany), are now on display at the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Who does not remember the moving shop window scenes during the Christmas season? They were always the ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Nature's Showcase – Birds, Mammals & Minerals in Switzerland

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Octopus & Butterfly – Fascinating Invertebrates

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel

Original Dissections

2.00 PM - 5.00 PM

Original dissections of human body parts, organs and tissues.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

Permanent collections Jean Tinguely

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Plaster Casts of Ancient Sculptures

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Fondation Beyeler

Postponed: Goya

10.00 AM - 6.00 PM

The Fondation Beyeler is presenting one of the most important exhibitions ever devoted to Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) outside of Spain. Goya is one of the last major court artists and the first pioneer of modern art. The exhibition will bring together over seventy paintings ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum.BL

Preserve! What we collect. A convertible permanent exhibition

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Quagga & Dodo – Threatened and extinct

Closed

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», ...

Read more

Exhibition

Hek (Haus der elektronischen Künste)

Regionale 22

Closed

Im Rahmen der Regionale präsentieren wir zeitgenössische Kunst aus der trinationalen Region. Institutionen aus drei Ländern (Schweiz, Deutschland und Frankeich) zeigen jeweils zum Jahresende künstlerische Positionen aus der Region Basel sowie aus Südbaden und dem Elsass.

Read more

Exhibition

Kunsthaus Baselland

Regionale 22. Pictorial Spaces

Closed

Eine jährliche Gruppenausstellung, entwickelt im Kontext der Regionale, einer grenzüberschreitenden Kooperation von 19 Institutionen in Deutschland, Frankreich und der Schweiz mit dem Fokus auf lokale, zeitgenössische Kunstproduktion in der Drei-Länder-Region um ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunsthalle Basel

Regionale 22 "… von möglichen Welten"

Closed

The concept of “possible worlds” (in German: mögliche Welten) appears in the fields of logic, semantics, and philosophy and is used to make statements about possibility and necessity. Artists, for their part, are often credited with creating their own “worlds,” or at least ...

Read more

Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Römische Porträts in Abgüssen der Skulpturhalle

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum.BL

Silk Ribbon. Capital, Art & Crises. Silk industry

Closed

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. ...

Read more

Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Snow

Closed

Snowflakes transform the world, making us perceive our surroundings with different eyes. The exhibition shows how snow evokes emotions, and how we adapt to the new conditions: How do we move through snow? How do we protect our bodies and houses? And what happens if the snow ...

Read more

Exhibition

Hafenmuseum

Swiss Gate to the Ocean

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

Switzerland - a Country of Sound Pioneers

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Musikmuseum

Switzerland's largest collection of musical instruments

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Kunstmuseum Basel

Tacita Dean. Antigone

Closed

Antigone (2018), Tacita Dean’s (b. 1965) most recent and complex work to date, makes its Swiss début at the Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

The Cost of Life. A perspective on health by Paddy Hartley

Closed

The notion of the ‹cost of life› is strongly related to that of risk, a central theme in medicine and research. Both concepts play key roles in the work of Paddy Hartley. His artistic comment on medical developments explores their (sometimes contradictory) consequences for ...

Read more

Exhibition

Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel

The Cost of Life. A perspective on health by Patrick Hartley.

Closed

Special exhibition in cooperation with the Museum Tinguely and Roche Basel

The English expression «cost of life» is strongly connotated with risk, a focal aspect of medicine and research. Both themes are central in the œuvre of artist Patrick Hartley, prompting Roche ...

Read more

Exhibition

Basler Papiermühle

The hands-on museum where you can get in touch with paper

Closed

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 ...

Read more

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

The Luminator at the Euroairport

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten

The magnificent Kirschgarten House

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Mühlemuseum

The Millers' Daily Work

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Museum.BL

The wilder side of the canton of Basel-Landschaft. On the trail of animals and plants

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Digital Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

TINGUELY@HOME

Closed

Read more

Exhibition

Augusta Raurica

Under the magnifying glass. Following the traces of a Roman life story

10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

How is a find archaeologically researched? We let experts speak! In 2016, a sensational Roman lead coffin was discovered, recovered and meticulously investigated in Augst. The results show exciting insights into a human life from 1700 years ago.

Read more

Exhibition

Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz

Up Close and Personal / Judaism

1.00 PM - 4.00 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 ...

Read more

Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Virtueller Rundgang der Barfüsserkirche in 3D

Closed

Read more

Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten

Virtueller Rundgang des Hauses zum Kirschgarten in 3D

Closed

Read more

Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Musikmuseum

Virtueller Rundgang des Musikmuseums in 3D

Closed

Read more

Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Virtueller Rundgang «Übermensch – Friedrich Nietzsche und die Folgen»

Closed

Read more

Exhibition

Vitra Design Museum

Vitra Schaudepot: Spot On. Designerinnen in der Sammlung

12.00 PM - 5.00 PM

Das Vitra Schaudepot bietet seit seiner Eröffnung 2016 eine Bühne für rund 400 Hauptwerke aus der Sammlung des Vitra Design Museums. Zum fünften Geburtstag erhält das Schaudepot nun ein neues Präsentationskonzept: Dabei schaffen jährliche Themenschwerpunkte ergänzend zur ...

Read more

Exhibition

Vitra Design Museum

Vitra Schaudepot: The Vitra Design Museum Collection - 1800 to the Present

12.00 PM - 5.00 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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Whale & Fish – Gentle Giants of the Ocean

Closed

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 ...

Read more

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten

Wild Boar and Lettuce

Closed

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.

Read more

Exhibition

Kunsthalle Basel

Yoan Mudry "The Future Doesn’t Need Us"

Closed

Yoan Mudry (*1990) will create a new project for the back wall of Kunsthalle Basel. The Lausanne-born, Geneva-based artist’s aesthetics are anchored in the visual language of contemporary pop culture. In a collage-like manner, he juxtaposes images and elements from ...

Read more