Name: Abgesagt: Glaubenswelten des Mittelalters. Welche Bedeutung haben religiöse Vorstellungen aus dem Mittelalter in unserer Gegenwart?
Start: 2019-12-29T11:30:00Z
End: 2019-12-29T12:30:00Z
Location: Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Exhibition

Public Enemy – Bruno Manser and the Rainforest

Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Public Enemy – Bruno Manser and the Rainforest (one showcase)

Today: Closed

06 September 2019 - 01 March 2020

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 committed to exposing the fate of indigenous peoples living in the rainforest, the machinations of the logging industry, and the human rights situation in Malaysia. The Malaysian government declared Manser an enemy of the people and refused to grant him another entry permit. Undeterred, he again embarked on a journey to the Penan in May 2000 – and has not been seen since.

This small presentation (one showcase 6 x 2 metres, 18 objects) developed in collaboration with the Bruno Manser Fonds and the Museum der Kulturen Basel sets out to paint a portrait of this influential Basel native, who through his actions heightened our awareness of environmental issues and human rights with lasting effect.

Museum

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Closed

Barfüsserplatz 7, 4051 Basel

T.: +41 61 205 86 00

historisches.museum@bs.ch
en.barfuesserkirche.ch

Foto: Andreas Niemz

Opening Hours

Easter 2020

10 April 2020: Closed

11 April 2020: Closed

12 April 2020: Closed

13 April 2020: Closed

May Day 2020

01 May 2020: Closed

Ascension Day 2020

21 May 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Whitsun 2020

31 May 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

01 June 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Art Basel 2020

15 June 2020: Closed

16 June 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

17 June 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

18 June 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

19 June 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

20 June 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

21 June 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Swiss National Holiday 2020

01 August 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Christmas/New Year 2020/2021

23 December 2020: Closed

24 December 2020: Closed

25 December 2020: Closed

26 December 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

27 December 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

28 December 2020: Closed

29 December 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

30 December 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

31 December 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

01 January 2021: Closed

02 January 2021: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

03 January 2021: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Institution

The Basel Historical Museum with its three sites is widely regarded as the most important museum of cultural history on the Upper Rhine. It collects, conserves, records and researches objects and artefacts of relevance to our cultural heritage for future generations, tells visitors the story of Basel, and is a place for discourse and engagement with both present and future.

The Basel Historical Museum, housed in the Barfüsserkirche since 1894, shows selected aspects of the history of Basel from prehistoric times to the present. The focus of the exhibits from the pre-Reformation period is on sacred works of art such as the Basel Dance of Death and Basel Cathedral Treasury. The exhibition in the basement, headed “Understanding the World”, comprises a magnificent array of medieval tapestries with their fantasy worlds and scenes of real life, the Renaissance and Baroque collections, now grouped together in one “Great Cabinet of Curiosities”, and Basel’s rich archaeological heritage. Among the other highlights are the coin cabinet and the Burgundian Booty.

Admission

CHF 15.- / CHF 8.-*

Combi-ticket: CHF 20.- / CHF 10.-* (for Barfüsserkirche, Musikmuseum, Haus zum Kirschgarten)
*For young people under 20 and up to 30 if still in education or training.

Group rate (from 10 people): CHF 12.-

Free admission for children aged up to 13

Happy Day: 1st Sunday of the month free admission (except special exhibitions)
Happy Hour: Free admission for the last hour of the day (except Sundays, holidays and special exhibitions)

Special exhibitions are subject to special rates and conditions.

colourkey Free admission

Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission

Swiss Museum Pass Free admission

Access

tram 3/6/8/11/14/15/16/17 > Barfüsserplatz,
tram 6/10/16/17 > Theater

Mediation

T.: +41 61 205 86 70

Link Mail

Media

Communication

Andreas Mante

T.: +41 61 205 86 25