The museums, art galleries and similar organisations are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.
The place (Haus der elektronische Kunst, HeK) is dedicated to digital culture and the new art forms of the information age. It is a place for creative and critical discourse on the aesthetic, socio-political and economic impact of media technologies. The House shows contemporary art that explores and configures new technologies; it promotes an aesthetic practice … Read more » “House of Electronic Art”
The museum primarily presents original preparations of human body parts, organs and tissues that are systematically and topographically ordered and represent the structure of the body. The prenatal development of the human body is also shown.
In the medieval paper mill building, the museum (Schweizerisches Museum für Papier, Schrift und Druck, die Basler Papiermühle) presents the history of paper and writing, from its origins in Antiquity to the present day, as well as the process of paper and book production. The museum also has a remarkable and extensive collection, some of … Read more » “Swiss Museum of Paper, Writing and Printing”
The Botanical Garden is one of the oldest in the world and show a rich collection of flora.
The museum (Kunstmuseum Basel I Gegenwart) presents works of contemporary art from the holdings of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation and the Kunstmuseum Basel.
The Earth Sciences collections at the Natural History Museum Basel (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) contain over four million objects. They witness the history of the planet and the evolution of life. The Earth Sciences and Biological Collections have a long history. They have been collected since 1661. They are divided into sections on anthropology, mineralogy, and … Read more » “Natural History Museum Basel”
The museum (Polizeimuseum) is dedicated to the development of the police of canton Baselstadt from 1816 to the present day.
The poster collection of the School (Schule fur Gestaltung) comprises around 60,000 posters from Switzerland. The library has special collections on architectural theory and architecture and a book collection of around 120,000 titles.
The mill is one of the oldest buildings in the Merian Gardens (Merian Gärten) in Basel. The museum shows the impressive 16th-century mechanics of the mill, where wheat, spelt, and rye were once milled. The mill has been out of operation since 1980 and has since been furnished as a museum. … Read more » “Mill Museum”
The Foundation’s exhibition space (Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger | KBH.G) is located in the City Center. The Foundation organised two or three exhibitions annually. The shows present topical cultural and political themes conceived from individual and divergent perspectives. Admission is free for all exhibitions.