The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The Coin and Antiquity museum (Münzkabinett und Antikensammlung) presents Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Swiss and other European coins and medals from antiquity to the present. The antiquity department deals with the cultures of the Middle East, Greece and Rome.
The evolution of life over a period of 570 million years is the focus of the displays in the museum. Chronological panoramas give a descriptive overview and numerous fossil exhibits enable to take a look into the past. The focus is on human biology and the comparative anatomy of human and other vertebrate skeletons. Numerous … Read more » “Kulturama”
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The museum (Historisches Museum) houses a diverse collection of historical and cultural artefacts in three buildings. The site on the Barfüsserkirche presents the (archaeological) history of Basel from prehistoric times to the present. It houses a wide range of artefacts both sacred and secular and several self-contained collections such as the Basel Cathedral Treasury dating … Read more » “Historical Museum Basel”
The museum (Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig) is dedicated to the ancient art and culture of the Mediterranean region. It presents 5000 years of culture and history. The collection mainly focuses on Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Italy from 4000 BC to 400 AD. Impressions from the Museum Copy of the stone of … Read more » “Museum of Antiquities and Ludwig Collection”
The museum (Kunstmuseum Basel) houses the Gallery and the Department of Prints and Drawings. The main focus is on paintings and drawings by artists active from the Upper Rhine region between 1400 and 1600 and of the 19th and 21st centuries. The museum has the world’s most extensive collection of works by the Holbein family. … Read more » “Museum of Art Basel”
The museum is devoted to satirical art by comics. The exhibitions on political and social themes show the scope of humorous comics and the great diversity of artistic techniques. The collection shows older and contemporary publications. Artists on show are among others Jean-Maurice Bosc, Claire Bretécher, Paul Flora, George Grosz, Olaf Gulbransson, Heinrich Kley, Loriot, … Read more » “Cartoonmuseum Basel”
The museum features international and Swiss contemporary art. It also hosts events, discussions, talks, performances, film screenings and other activities.
The museum (Skulpturhalle) features around 2 000 replicas of ancient Roman and Greek sculpture. The collection was started in 1830. The unique “Parthenon Project” assembles casts of every surviving sculptural remnant from this monument in Athens.
The Museum (Jüdisches Museum) exhibits items depicting religious and everyday life of the Jewish Community. Tombstones and contemporary documents dating from the Middle Ages, Hebrew books printed by the famous Basel printing houses and mementos of the Zionist Congresses enrich the collection.