Museums

The Basel Museum of Ancient Art is the only Swiss museum devoted exclusively to Classical Antiquity. It contains Greek, Etruscan and Roman works, predominantly from the period 1000 B.C.

A tour of the Natural History Museum is like an expedition into the remotest corners of our planet where the most beautiful minerals originate, or into the distant past when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Natural objects - the largest as well as the smallest - are there to be discovered, inspected and contemplated. A memorable experience.

The emphasis of the "Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel" is on Upper Rheinish and Flemish paintings and drawing from 1400 to 1600 and on 19th and 20th century art.

Roughly 600 different teddy bears – big and small, fat and slim, very old ones and less old ones – have found a new home in this new museum.

Museum Tinguely Basel is dedicated to the life and work of Jean Tingley, the most important Swiss iron scuptor (1925-1991).

Masterpieces in the classical modern style: at the Beyeler Foundation, you can see one of the most famous private collections in the world, with masterpieces of classical modern art.

First branch on foreign soil of the "Musée en Herbe", Paris, which, for the last 25 years, has been organising didactic exhibitions on art and ethics for children.

Largest diorama exhibit in Europe: 220 showcases depicting native and exotic birds and mammals in their natural habitat. The famous "Barry", the Saint Bernard dog.

The only museum dedicated to the Swiss Alps introduces the visitors to cultural and natural pecularities of the Alpine world. The journey of discovery into the past and present of the Swiss Alps and their cultural and natural peculiarities is accompanied by videos, commented slides, multivision, info-stations, representations, and impressive originals.

The tower of the Münster offers an opportunity to look down onto the roofs of the federal city from dizzying heights.