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Barfüsserkirche
Barfüsserkirche

Experience
history close up

Haus zum Kirschgarten: Vestibule
Haus zum Kirschgarten

Basel's greatest interiors
of the 18th century

Musikmuseum: Room: Concerts, Choirs and Dancing
Musikmuseum

Switzerland’s largest collection of musical instruments

BASEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM

History comes alive

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 the past, present and future.
Programme

Out of Use – Everyday Life in Transition

From monkey fur to spittoons, from typewriters to Game Boy: the theme of the exhibition is objects that are no longer in use.

animalistic ! – The Sound of Animals

The special exhibition presents the many connections between animals and music.

General Inventory

This major project involves the examination and detailed cataloguing of over 300,000 collection objects.

Schätze aus dem Depot – Mittelalterliche Kunst in 3D

Diese Online-Ausstellung, bestehend aus einer kleinen Auswahl mittelalterlicher Kunstwerke und Artefakte, zeigt, dass 3D-Modelle nicht nur einen virtuellen Ersatz für die «unsichtbaren» Originale bieten.

Generalinventur im Haus zum Kirschgarten

Zurzeit finden im Haus zum Kirschgarten Arbeiten in Zusammenhang mit der Generalinventur statt. Deshalb sind gewisse Teile der Ausstellung nicht zugänglich.

Like, Share & Comment in the Middle Ages – The beginnings of philosophy in Basel

We show the beginnings of philosophy in Basel and see the scene of a Middle Age full of discussion.

BASEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Our three sites

Each of our three sites is a museum in its own right with a modern and unique collection on a specific theme. Since all three are located within easy walking distance of each other, holders of a Combi-Ticket can visit all three museums in one day.

Gebäude: Barfüsserkirche

Barfüsserkirche has housed an exhibition on the history of Basel from prehistoric times to the present since 1894.

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Admission
Single ticket CHF 15.– / 8.– *

Information for people with restricted mobilityInformation for the hearing impairedInformation for the visually impairedAccessibility
Majority wheelchair access

WLAN
Free wifi
Information video surveillance

Haus zum Kirschgarten: Building

Most of the interior is devoted to the 18th- and 19th-century period rooms formerly inhabited by Basel’s affluent bourgeoisie.

Opening hours
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Admission
Single ticket CHF 10.– / 5.– *

Information for people with restricted mobility at zugangsmonitor.chInformation for the hearing impairedInformation for the visually impaired at zugangsmonitor.chAccessibility
No wheelchair access

WLAN
Free wifi
Information video surveillance

Musikmuseum: Building

The 24 cells of the former prison serve as showcases for 650 musical instruments spanning five centuries.

Opening hours
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Admission
Single ticket CHF 10.– / 5.– *

Information for people with restricted mobilityInformation for the hearing impairedInformation for the visually impairedAccessibility
Limited wheelchair access

WLAN
Free wifi
Information video surveillance

 
Contact

Basel Historical Museum
Management & administration
Steinenberg 4
PO box
CH – 4001 Basel

Reception: +41 61 205 86 00
historisches.museum(at)bs.ch

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