Leaps in Time

Exhibition

Zeitsprünge - Basler Geschichte in Kürze

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Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Today: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

22 June 2019 - 29 August 2021

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 to the present day.

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Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Zeitsprünge – Basler Geschichte in Kürze

28 July 2019 | 11.00 AM

Die Führung durch die neue Ausstellung «Zeitsprünge» gibt einen Überblick über 100‘000 Jahre Basler Geschichte. Ausgewählte Exponate, Filme und Medieninstallationen führen durch die Zeit – von den ersten menschlichen Spuren bis zu den wichtigen Themen der jüngsten Geschichte ...

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Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Guided tour: Leaps in Time – A Brief History of Basel

11 August 2019 | 11.00 AM

Around 200,000 people from 200 nations live in Basel. The city forms the centre of a large tri-national region with a long history. The «Leaps in Time»-exhibition offers highlights of the events and developments that have shaped the city and the region. Around one hundred ...

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Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Zeitsprünge – Basler Geschichte in Kürze

14 August 2019 | 12.30 PM - 1.30 PM

Die Führung durch die neue Ausstellung «Zeitsprünge» gibt einen Überblick über 100'000 Jahre Basler Geschichte. Ausgewählte Exponate, Filme und Medieninstallationen führen durch die Zeit – von den ersten menschlichen Spuren bis zu den wichtigen Themen der jüngsten Geschichte ...

Flugzeugmodell Metroliner II. Hersteller: Fairchild Industries; Texas, 1978. © Historisches Museum Basel

Museum

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

OpenClosed | 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Barfüsserplatz 7, 4051 Basel

T.: +41 61 205 86 00

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

Foto: Andreas Niemz

Opening Hours

Swiss National Holiday 2019

01 August 2019: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Christmas / New Year 2019/2020

23 December 2019: Closed

24 December 2019: Closed

25 December 2019: Closed

26 December 2019: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

27 December 2019: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

28 December 2019: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

29 December 2019: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

30 December 2019: Closed

31 December 2019: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

01 January 2020: Closed

02 January 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

03 January 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

04 January 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

05 January 2020: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Basel Museums Night 2020

17 January 2020: 6.00 PM - 12.00 AM

18 January 2020: 12.00 AM - 2.00 AM

Carnival 2020

02 March 2020: Closed

03 March 2020: Closed

04 March 2020: Closed

May Day 2020

01 May 2020: Closed

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