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Guided Tour

Cartoonmuseum Basel

Sunday guided tour

15 January 2023 | 2.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Get to know the work of Cosey, creator of “Jonathan”. This comic strip, developed over 17 albums, revolves around Cosey’s central motif: travel. For decades, the artist’s alter ego has been travelling all over Asia – searching for himself. Against this epic backdrop, a picture of Cosey’s multifaceted themes and works emerges. This artist repeatedly succeeds in merging adventure and philosophy to produce magnificent comics.


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Mo Closed  |  Tu 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  We 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Th 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Fr 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Sa 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Su 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Carnival 2023

27 February 2023: Closed

28 February 2023: Closed

01 March 2023: Closed


Easter 2023

07 April 2023: Closed

08 April 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

09 April 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

10 April 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM


May Day 2023

01 May 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM


Ascension Day 2023

18 May 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM


Whitsun 2023

28 May 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

29 May 2023: Closed


Art Basel 2023

12 June 2023: Closed

13 June 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

14 June 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

15 June 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

16 June 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

17 June 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

18 June 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM


Swiss National Holiday 2023

01 August 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM


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The Cartoonmuseum Basel is the only museum of its kind devoted exclusively to satirical art – from the caricature to the comic. The Late Gothic building on its historic site also includes an unexpected new building by Herzog & de Meuron. Varying, attractively designed exhibitions on political and social themes show the considerable scope of the humorous drawing and the great diversity of artistic techniques. Equal attention is paid to both classical works, some from the museum’s own stocks, and contemporary works.

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Children up to ten years free

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Cartoonmuseum Basel

Cosey

12 November 2022 - 26 February 2023

With his realistic, wonderfully confident line work in the internationally renowned comic series Jonathan, comics artist Cosey from Western Switzerland takes us on journeys – through the breathtaking expanses of Asian, North American and European landscapes, and into his ...
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Workshop Children

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Workshop: The hairy winged diver!

05 February 2023 | 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM

On your travels, you came across an exotic animal that nobody has ever seen before, but you were unable to take a photo. Draw your discovery and bring it to life in this workshop, using a simple stop-motion technique, so everyone will know what you mean!
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Guided Tour

Cartoonmuseum Basel

Sunday guided tour

12 February 2023 | 2.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Get to know the work of Cosey, creator of “Jonathan”. This comic strip, developed over 17 albums, revolves around Cosey’s central motif: travel. For decades, the artist’s alter ego has been travelling all over Asia – searching for himself. Against this epic backdrop, a ...
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Cartoonmuseum Basel

Meet the artist: Cosey à Bâle

19 February 2023 | 4.00 PM

Jonathan, who is both the hero of the series named after him and the alter ego of its author and illustrator Cosey, has accompanied the latter for 47 years. In between the 17 albums in this series, Cosey has also created over twenty individual books. In his impressive oeuvre, ...
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Guided Tour

Cartoonmuseum Basel

Curator-guided tour

26 February 2023 | 2.00 PM - 3.00 PM

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Cartoonmuseum Basel

Will Eisner. Godfather of the Graphic Novel

11 March 2023 - 18 June 2023

Will Eisner (1917–2005) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern comics. It is not without reason that the ‘Oscars of the comics industry’, honouring this medium’s best creations every year since 1988 in the USA, bear his name: the Will Eisner Comic Industry ...
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Cartoonmuseum Basel

HÉCATOMBE Collectives

11 March 2023 - 18 June 2023

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