Advent season – Seasonal exhibition & events
The Musikmuseum and the Haus zum Kirschgarten enrich the pre-Christmas season with surprises for young and old.
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.
The Musikmuseum and the Haus zum Kirschgarten enrich the pre-Christmas season with surprises for young and old.
Basel Historical Museum is showing a special exhibition on Basel during the National Socialist era.
Impressive photographs from the Ruth and Peter Herzog Collection bring that time of technical feats and hopes back to life.
In cooperation with the University Library of Basel and for the first time, we are showing an exquisite selection of letters by exiled authors from the archives of the feature editor Otto Kleiber.
Visit our past exhibitions in 3D!
Friedrich Nietzsche
Gold & Glory
Sound Pictures
The richly illustrated book accompanying the exhibition «Leaps in Time» is published in German and English.
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.
Important Information:
Due to the protective measures against the corona virus, we do not hand out headphones and tablets. You are kindly asked to use your own equipment.
Due to the Covid-19 protection concept of the Basel Historical Museum, there may be waiting times when visiting the exhibition «Grenzfälle – Basel 1933–1945», especially on weekends. We recommend that you allow sufficient time for your visit and if possible put it on a working day. We thank you for your understanding.
Masks
In order to protect yourself and others, there is a general obligation to wear a mouth and nose mask in our showrooms.
Barfüsserkirche has housed an exhibition on the history of Basel from prehistoric times to the present since 1894.
Most of the interior is devoted to the 18th- and 19th-century period rooms formerly inhabited by Basel’s affluent bourgeoisie.
The 24 cells of the former prison serve as showcases for 650 musical instruments spanning five centuries.
Basel Historical Museum
Management & administration
Steinenberg 4
PO box
CH – 4001 Basel
Reception: +41 61 205 86 00
Message: +41 61 205 86 02
historisches.museum(at)bs.ch
