The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
Initially, it was mainly private collectors who travelled across the continents with their own funds in the nineteenth century, bringing interesting objects and testimonies of indigenous daily culture to Basel. What began as a small collection within the framework of a universal museum increasingly developed into a source of scientific work. The result is the … Read more » “Museum of Ethnography Basel”
The Museum (Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum) is the leading institution in the mediation of contemporary architecture in Switzerland. The museum has specialised in temporary exhibitions. With an average of 4 exhibitions each year
The museum houses the most extensive collection of works by Jean Tinguely (1925–1991), one of the most innovative and important Swiss artists of the 20th century. The permanent exhibition presents an overview of four decades of his activity, from the artist’s early beginnings in the 1950s with motorised reliefs to the large-scale (mechanical) sculptures of … Read more » “Tinguely Museum in Basel”
The museum (Museum Kleines Klingental) is located in the original medieval building of the former Dominican Cloister Klingental on the Klein-Basel bank of the Rhine. In these historical rooms Romanesque and Gothic sculptures from the Basel Münster and a model of the city of Basel in the 17th century are on display. The history of … Read more » “Klingental Monastery Museum”
The Museum (Museum für Musik) is in possession of Switzerland’s largest collection of musical instruments, numbering more than 3,000 items. Some 650 of these are permanently on display. Housed in a former prison, the museum spread over three floors uses the twenty-four former cells as showrooms where visitors can view individual instruments as well as … Read more » “Museum of Music”
The Museum is dedicated to Basel native grafic designer and painter Rolf Rappaz (1914-1996). With his advertising graphics Rolf Rappaz celebrated great successes between 1935 and 1970, substantially contributing to the appearance of Swiss graphic design in the post-war era. As a painter Rolf Rappaz created a comprehensive oeuvre between the late sixties and the … Read more » “RappazMuseum”
The museum (Pharmazie-Museum Universität Basel) exhibits collections of historic pharmaceuticals, pharmacy furnishings, laboratory equipment, ceramics, instruments, books, art, and craftwork. It is one of the largest collections worldwide. The collection of obsolete remedies offers an insight into the changes and errors that have occurred in the field of medicine over time. The collection encompasses medicaments … Read more » “Pharmacy museum Basel”
With a total of over 6000 exhibits, the museum (Spielzeug Welten Museum) is the largest of its kind in Europe. Doll’s houses and merchants’ shops are located on the lower floors. Whether noble toys or purposeless art products, all the exhibits have in common, however, careful execution, originality, ingenuity, beauty and an outstanding love of … Read more » “Toy Museum Welten”
The museum (Verkehrsdrehscheibe Schweiz) presents an exhibition on past and current means of transport: water, rail, road and air, with the focus on shipping.
The Museum (Museum für Wohnkultur) treats the domestic Culture in Basel in the 18th and 19th Century. The Haus zum Kirschgarten was built as a private residence and business premises for the silk ribbon manufacturer Johann Rudolf Burckhardt (1750-1813) between 1775 and 1780. Since its opening in 1951, the museum has traditionally been a museum … Read more » “Museum of Domestic Culture Haus zum Kirschgarten”