The exhibition tells the story of psychiatry over the last 150 years.
The Basel Historical Museum, with its three sites, constantly offers smaller and larger exhibitions.
Large exhibitions are accompanied by a wide range of guided tours and events.
September 19 2024 – June 29 2025
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Barfüsserkirche
German,
English,
French
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Admission
The exhibition tells the story of psychiatry over the last 150 years.
January 16 2025 – June 29 2025
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Musikmuseum
German,
English,
French
‘Upcycling Music’ presents imaginative musical instruments made from recycled materials and invites visitors to try them out. From 16 January 2025.
June 22 2019 – …
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Barfüsserkirche
German,
English,
French
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Admission
A brief history of Basel from the earliest signs of human activity to the present.
June 8 2018 – December 31 2026
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Haus zum Kirschgarten
German,
English,
French
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Admission
They are among the great treasures of ceramic art: the works from the Strasbourg faience factory of the Hannong family.
March 23 2018 – …
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Barfüsserkirche
German,
English,
French
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Admission
The presentation of medieval art in the Basel Historical Museum offers exciting insights into the omnipresence of the Christian faith.
June 29 2022 – …
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Barfüsserkirche
German,
English,
French
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Admission
The «Inventarium» is a small exhibition about collecting and organising things and knowledge in the museum
March 18 2025 – September 7 2025
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Barfüsserkirche
German,
English,
French
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Admission
The manuscripts of the famous private collection Comites Latentes show how images captured the imagination of medieval believers.
October 15 2017 – …
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Haus zum Kirschgarten
German,
English,
French
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Admission
The Basel Historical Museum is honouring the famous explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784–1817), who as «Sheikh Ibrahim» travelled all over the Near East, with an extensively revised and expanded edition of a biography that has long been out of print. It is also staging a small exhibition about him inside the house in which he grew up, the Haus zum Kirschgarten.
Management & administration
PO box | Steinenberg 4
CH-4001 Basel
Office opening hours
8:30 – 12 AM | 13:30 – 17 PM
Reception: +41 61 205 86 00
historisches.museum(at)bs.ch
