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 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

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 ...

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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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Special

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

Competition “Bags – Icons & investments”

10.00 AM - 6.00 PM

Pull ideas out of your bag and pack in a prize.

Seeking bag artists

They are small or large, soft or hard, angular or round, fluffy or smooth. They have a simple handle or a shiny gold chain and can be called Falabella, Pompadour, Kelly bag or Ridicule. Very ...

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Special

Augusta Raurica

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

10.00 AM - 4.00 PM

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Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Skulpturhalle

Dichter - Denker - Demagogen

12.00 PM - 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

Spielzeugmuseum Riehen

Dolls

11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

This exhibition is all about the collection, collector’s passion and the collector herself. Not just for doll enthusiasts.

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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

Vitra Design Museum

Gallery: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Better Nature

10.00 AM - 6.00 PM

British designer and artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg explores our relationship with nature and technology through what we design. For the past decade, she has researched possibilities for the design of living matter, also referred to as «synthetic biology». For projects like ...

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Guided Tour Children

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Gladiator. Bas les casques!

2.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Visite guidée de "Gladiator. Bas les casques!" Frais d'entrée + CHF 7, Réservation nécessaire. Appelez +41 61 201 12 12.

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Exhibition

Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz

Glaubensdinge (Onlineausstellung)

1.00 PM - 4.00 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

3.00 PM - 4.00 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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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 ...

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Exhibition

Vitra Design Museum

Museum: Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 – Today

10.00 AM - 6.00 PM

Surrealism was one of the most influential art movements of the twentieth century. In many works of Surrealists like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Meret Oppenheim, and Man Ray references to design objects can be found and since the 1930s, Surrealism has had a strong impact on ...

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Exhibition

Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel

Mysterious brain. Can sport make you clever?

2.00 PM - 5.00 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

Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel

Original Dissections

2.00 PM - 5.00 PM

Original dissections of human body parts, organs and tissues.

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Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Skulpturhalle

Plaster Casts of Ancient Sculptures

12.00 PM - 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

Spielzeugmuseum Riehen

Rebbau

11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Im einstigen Weinkeller des Basler Bürgermeisters Wettstein wird die Geschichte des Rebbaus in Riehen und der Region eindrücklich dargestellt.

Der Raum, in dessen Zentrum eine alte Trotte steht, beeindruckt durch seine Grösse von 15 Metern Länge und 5 Metern Höhe. ...

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Exhibition

Fondation Beyeler

Resonating Spaces

10.00 AM - 6.00 PM

Resonating Spaces is the title of the exhibition at Fondation Beyeler at the end of this year. The artists featured in the exhibition are Leonor Antunes, Silvia Bächli, Toba Khedoori, Susan Philipsz and Rachel Whiteread. Instead of making a comprehensive group show with ...

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Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Skulpturhalle

Römische Porträts in Abgüssen der Skulpturhalle

12.00 PM - 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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Exhibition

Spielzeugmuseum Riehen

Spielzeugmuseum

11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Das Spielzeugmuseum Riehen gliedert sich in drei grosse Kapitel: «Technik im Kinderzimmer», «Spielzeug aus Holz» und «Die Welt der Puppen». Dabei werden viele Fragen rund um Geschichte und Einsatz von Spielzeugen beantwortet: Wie und wo entsteht Spielzeug? Was lieben Jungs ...

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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

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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