Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Alive – more than human worlds

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How do we humans perceive our co-world? What is our relationship with the Earth, other creatures, and things? What values regulate our social coexistence? In our quest for a shared future and alternative forms of coexistence, we explore local perspectives, actions, and ideas.

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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Ammonit & Belemnite – The Endless World of Fossils

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The Ammonite & Thunderbolt exhibition houses rocks from north west Switzerland that are between 16,000 and 250 million years old. They include the most important groups of micro-fossils, plants and invertebrates. These also include numerous fossils of aquatic creatures such ...

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Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

Arte popolare napoletana

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One area of our museum's collection of miniatures is dedi- cated to the Neapolitan folk art of nativity-scene making. The exhibition with its scenes of typical everyday Mediter- ranean life conveys a unique insight into the life of the citizens of 18th-century Naples. The ...

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Augusta Raurica

Auf Postenjagd durch die Römerstadt

10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

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Augusta Raurica

Augusta Raurica animal park

10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Roman travellers were greeted at the gates of Augusta Raurica by an ostentatious funerary monument of a confident individual which paid homage to his influential family. Nowadays the monument stands in front of the east gate and, surrounded by an idyllic animal park with rare ...

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Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Basel Carnival

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Basel Fasnacht (carnival) is a large festival of sounds and dreams, of colour and fantasy, but also of criticism and mockery. It has been evolving over the last 100 years. Since then, and now, this carnival has inspired the population and artists of this city into active ...

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Exhibition

Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz

CHAI - חי. When Gravestones Speak of Life

11.30 AM - 4.00 PM

Four sculptures by the artist Fabio Luks engage in a conversation with the medieval gravestones installed in the Museum's courtyard. CHAI, «alive» in Hebrew, is central to Judaism, which attaches the highest importance to life.

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Museum.BL

Closed until further notice: Preserve! What we collect. A convertible permanent exhibition

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Collecting, a passion: But do we have to keep all these things and what significance do they have for us and our future? Private collectors present their treasures and museum curators give special insights into the museum's collections.

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Special

Augusta Raurica

Das Namenlose Gespenst: Ein Rätselrundgang voller Düfte und Gerüche für die ganze Familie

10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

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Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Dinos & Sauriers – Living Images of the Past

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How did the dinosaurs live? What did they eat? How quickly did they grow? Why did they get so big? And what was their social behaviour like? Our permanent exhibition offers plenty of answers to these and other questions. We'll show you that, actually, dinosaurs were far from ...

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Exhibition

Dreiländermuseum

Dreiländerausstellung / Dauerausstellung: Hallo, Salut, Grüezi!

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Kennen Sie die RegioTriRhena, die Drei-Länder-Region am Rhein? Deutschland, Frankreich, Schweiz: Drei Länder und doch eine Region – das ist das Ergebnis einer einzigartigen Geschichte.

Welche Gemeinsamkeiten verbinden die drei Länder? Wie kam es zur Dreiteilung des ...

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Exhibition Children

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Egypt. 3,000 years of culture on the Nile

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The Antikenmuseum Basel has the richest and most diverse collection of Egyptian art in Switzerland. The newly designed show uses the latest exhibition technology to take visitors into the mysterious land of the pharaohs in six themed areas. A children’s adventure trail ...

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Digital Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Eintreten ins virtuelle Museum

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Das Museum der Kulturen Basel ist virtuell immer offen. Von unserer Website aus gelangen Sie jederzeit ins Museum. Sie nehmen an Führungen teil, begegnen Buddha zuhause auf dem Sofa, lernen die Lieblingsobjekte der Mitarbeitenden kennen und können Bastelanleitungen für schöne ...

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Exhibition

Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

Fascinating World of Teddy Bears and Dolls

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The respect shown to every exhibit on display is evident both within the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel (Toy Worlds Museum Basle) and in its show windows in the prominent pedestrian precinct in the centre of Basel. Adequate space has been given to the displays throughout the ...

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Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Fire & Water – From the Mountain Summits to the Oceanic Abyss

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Earth is an exceptionally dynamic planet. The characteristics of its surface originate deep inside the planet. This is the only way to explain the continents that have been moving for millions of years, the rising mountain peaks, the formation and subduction of oceanic ...

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Exhibition

Sammlung Friedhof Hörnli

Funeral Artefacts

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Ash urns and documents on the history of cremation, hearses, coffins, cemetery regulations, grave crosses, glass bead wreaths and memento mori.

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Exhibition

Museum Kleines Klingental

Historical Convent and Medieval Sculptures

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The permanent exposition in the historical rooms of the former Klingental Dominican convent features original medieval sculptures from Basel Cathedral, a 17th-century model of the city, and the history of the convent itself.

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Exhibition

Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel

Historical Preparations

2.00 PM - 5.00 PM

In addition to contemporary exhibits, the Museum possesses numerous, valuable, historical preparations which have been restored using the latest techniques. They are now presented in new displays. Of special historical interest, is the skeleton prepared in 1543 by Andreas ...

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Exhibition

Feuerwehrmuseum Basel

History of Fire-fighting

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Fire-fighting equipment, ranging from medieval hand-operated spraying devices to modern oxygen inhalers.

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Exhibition

Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel

History of Pharmacy

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The Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel exhibits one of the world's largest collections dedicated to the history of pharmacy. Alchemistic laboratories, pharmacies, scientific instruments, ceramics, and many other highlights are shown in a medieval house.

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Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Inventarium – Eine Dokumentation der Generalinventur im Historischen Museum Basel

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Das «Inventarium» ist eine kleine Ausstellung über das Sammeln und Ordnen von Dingen und Wissen im Museum. Hier erfahren Besucherinnen und Besucher was eine Generalinventur ist und warum das Historische Museum eine solche braucht.

Was machen die «Inventis» in den ...

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Exhibition

Museum Tinguely

La roue = c'est tout. Sammlungspräsentation

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Laut Tinguely ‘leben wir in einer Räderzivilisation’. So ist das Verhältnis von Mensch und Maschine und die daraus resultierenden Abhängigkeiten, die Tinguely lustvoll dekonstruierte, auch heute noch prägend für unser Leben. Erstmals seit der Gründung des Museums wird die ...

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Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Leaps in Time

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From Neanderthals to a pharmaceutical hub: Visitors embark on a tour of 100,000 years of Basel history with a selection of 50 objects and 100 milestones, six film spots on recent history, and an interactive installation of facts and images telling of the city’s development up ...

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Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Loophole – From the Egg to the Butterfly

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Once a caterpillar has battled its way out of its egg, it eats as much as it can. It changes its appearance, grows and metamorphoses in order to ultimately emerge from its chrysalis as a beautiful butterfly and fly through the air. We illustrate this remarkable stage of ...

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Exhibition

Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

MAGIC PIANO - Selbstspielende Klaviere der goldenen 1920er-Jahre neu erlebt

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Die goldenen 1920er-Jahre waren eine Zeit des Aufbruchs und des Vergnügens. Unter dem Titel «Magic Piano» widmet das Museum für Musikautomaten den selbstspielenden Klavieren dieser Zeit eine Sonderausstellung.

Die Kataloge von Firmen wie Welte, Hupfeld, Philipps, ...

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Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Mammoth & Sabre-Toothed Tiger – In a Land before our Time

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Saber-toothed cats, Megaloceros (giant elk), dwarf elephants and humans – the evolution of mammals is spectacular. We showcase mammals and their ancestors using selected rare specimens. The climax of the exhibition is our famous mammoth.

Mammals today account for ...

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Exhibition Barrier-free

Kunsthalle Basel

Marie Matusz backwall project

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Marie Matusz (*1994) regularly establishes polarities in her artistic practice, placing vulnerability and resilience in productive tension. The Toulouse-born, Basel-based artist extends these concerns as she presents her first monumental, site-specific project for public ...

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Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Medieval Worlds of Faith

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Showcased here will be medieval works of art from churches in Switzerland and on the Upper Rhine. The impressive sculptures attesting to the veneration of saints are a reminder of how society was pervaded by the Christian faith and the church and of the influence they have ...

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Exhibition

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Memory – Moments of Remembering and Forgetting

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The exhibition playfully reveals the manifold practices people rely on to recall specific moments in life, from birth to death, but also to forget about them. Significant events in society are passed on by word of mouth, carved in stone, or, as the case may be, never disclosed.

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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Nature's Showcase – Birds, Mammals & Minerals in Switzerland

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The exhibition shines the spotlight on indigenous birds, mammals and minerals. The exterior of birds and mammals reveals a lot about how they move, hunt and eat. Two habitats, the city and the mountains, show examples of how animals are able to adapt to a constantly changing ...

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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Octopus & Butterfly – Fascinating Invertebrates

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Invertebrates do not have a bony skeleton. Their striking appearance is often shaped by an exoskeleton as is the case with insects, or a shell system as found in mussels and snails. However they can also be soft and mobile, like worms. The exhibition offers an overview of the ...

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Exhibition

Anatomisches Museum der Universität Basel

Original Dissections

2.00 PM - 5.00 PM

Original dissections of human body parts, organs and tissues.

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Exhibition

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Skulpturhalle

Plaster Casts of Ancient Sculptures

12.00 PM - 5.00 PM

This is one of the largest collections of plaster casts of ancient sculptures. Its complete reconstruction of the sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens is the only one of its kind.

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Exhibition

Museum.BL

Preserve! What we collect. A convertible permanent exhibition

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Collecting, a passion: But do we have to keep all these things and what significance do they have for us and our future? Private collectors present their treasures and museum curators give special insights into the museum's collections.

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Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Quagga & Dodo – Threatened and extinct

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Since its origins in the 18th century, the Natural History Museum Basel has repeatedly gathered examples on its expeditions of animal species that have since disappeared from the natural world. Thanks to the correct storage of the collection objects in our «Archives of Life», ...

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Kunst Raum Riehen

Regionale 25

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Die alljährliche Ausstellung im Rahmen der Regionale – dem grenzüberschreitenden Forum für zeitgenössische Kunst im trinationalen Raum – wird im Kunst Raum Riehen eine neue, energiegeladene Zusammenkunft von künstlerischen Arbeitsweisen zeigen. Es kann beobachtet werden, ...

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Exhibition

Augusta Raurica

Ruinengeschichten digital: Augmented-Reality-Hörspiel in den Gewerbehäusern

10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Mit der Augmented-Reality-App können Sie die ausserordentlich gut erhaltenen Gewerbehäuser an der römischen Fernstrasse auf neue Art erkunden: Mit einem AR-Hörspiel und einem interaktiven Rundgang. Tauchen Sie ein in das Alltagsleben vor 1700 Jahren und erleben Sie die ...

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Exhibition

Kunstmuseum Basel

Sammlung Kunstmuseum Basel

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Das Kunstmuseum Basel zählt international zu den renommiertesten Museen seiner Art. Seine weltberühmte Sammlung, die Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, umfasst über 300‘000 Werke aus acht Jahrhunderten, vom späten Mittelalter bis in die unmittelbare Gegenwart. Der Kernbestand, ...

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Exhibition

Museum.BL

Silk Ribbon. Capital, Art & Crises. Silk industry

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The peak of the silk industry in the 19th century is followed by a rapid decline: the market for luxury goods collapses during the First and Second World Wars and silk ribbons are no longer fashionable. The ribbon manufacturers will find different solutions or go bankrupt. ...

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Hafenmuseum

Swiss Gate to the Ocean

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The permanent exhibition at the shipping museum is focusing on current means of transport, all rolled into one: water, rail, road and air, with the focus on shipping.

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Exhibition

Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

Switzerland - a Country of Sound Pioneers

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The perforated disc began its brief career in mechanical music in the 1880s in Leipzig, This new simplified sound production system was cheaper to produce and allowed for a wider, and more topical music repertoire. Also Swiss companies produced disc music boxes for the world market.

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Historisches Museum Basel – Musikmuseum

Switzerland's largest collection of musical instruments

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Musical instruments from five centuries are shown in both their musical and social contexts and grouped according to musical genres or to occasions on which specific instruments were played. Visitors can also hear how the instruments sound and are given additional information ...

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Basler Papiermühle

The hands-on museum where you can get in touch with paper

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Seit 30 Jahren befindet sich die Basler Papiermühle im idyllischen Mühlenquartier St. Alban; in einem Haus, in dem über 500 Jahre lang Papier produziert wurde. Nach einer umfassenden baulichen Sanierung und Neukonzeption der Dauerausstellung wird das selber Hand anlegen und ...

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Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten

The magnificent Kirschgarten House

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The magnificent Kirschgarten House - built between 1775 and 1780 as the home and office of a Basle silk ribbon manufacturer - is one of Switzerland's principal museums of domestic life. Laid out on two floors, period rooms depict life during the eighteenth and nineteenth ...

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Exhibition

Mühlemuseum

The Millers' Daily Work

8.00 AM - 5.00 PM

The former watermill at the Brüglingerhof offers an exhibition on the history of the watermill and millers' daily work from the Bronze Age up to the 21st century.

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Museum.BL

The wilder side of the canton of Basel-Landschaft. On the trail of animals and plants

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The changeable permanent exhibition at the Museum.BL deals with life in its full splendour and takes visitors on a journey of discovery through the natural riches of the canton of Basel-Landschaft: A wealth of surprising natural paradises turns Basel into an ecologically very ...

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Exhibition

Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz

Up Close and Personal / Judaism

11.30 AM - 4.00 PM

Since it was founded in 1966, Basel's Jewish Museum has assembled a cultural-historical collection unique in Europe. In 2016 it celebrates its 50th anniversary with a display of noteworthy artifacts, such as textiles, ceremonial objects, everyday items, and a Torah arc from ...

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Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Virtueller Rundgang der Barfüsserkirche in 3D

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Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten

Virtueller Rundgang des Hauses zum Kirschgarten in 3D

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Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Musikmuseum

Virtueller Rundgang des Musikmuseums in 3D

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Digital Exhibition

Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche

Virtueller Rundgang «Übermensch – Friedrich Nietzsche und die Folgen»

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Exhibition

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Whale & Fish – Gentle Giants of the Ocean

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The permanent Whale & Fish exhibition offers a magical view not only over the rooftops of Basel, but also most importantly of the wonderfully presented skeleton of a minke whale. It lay for forty years in the collection room before finding its way into the exhibition. Another ...

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