Feuerwehrmuseum Basel
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The Swiss Fire Brigade Museum Basel presents the development of firefighting from the 13th to the 20th century, with a special focus on Basel.
Basel, home to one of the oldest fire departments, had the privilege of realizing the idea of an actual fire department museum in the summer of 1957 after years of preparation. It has been recognized as the Swiss Fire Brigade Museum Basel since 1967 and is dedicated to the technical development of the fire service.
Nowadays, it goes without saying that firefighters have always had the best equipment and training. The fire department museum shows the inadequate facilities and the difficult conditions that fire-fighting crews had to contend with in the past. It was a long way until uniform and disciplined fire department corps were formed and brought up to today's standard through experience, inventions and technical progress.
The objects on display date back well beyond the founding of the pompier corps and some of them date back to the 13th century: The Swiss Fire Brigade Museum displays everything from medieval hand-held fire pumps to modern oxygen circulation equipment on various floors. The exhibits on display come from all over Switzerland, some from abroad, but mainly from the Basel region.
Unfortunately, the Lützelhof does not have enough space to present the attractive vintage fire engines to the public, such as the self-propelled automobile steam engine from 1905, which is the only one in the world that is still in working order. It is currently being restored until around the end of 2019. Other antiques can be seen in the nearby Mulhouse Fire Brigade Museum; the two museums complement each other perfectly.
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General information
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Feuerwehrmuseum Basel
Spalenvorstadt 11 4051 Basel 061 268 14 00 Bf-Museum@jsd.bs.ch |
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Group & pricing information
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Free admission
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Address
Schweizerisches Feuerwehrmuseum Basel
Spalenvorstadt 11
4051
Basel
Switzerland
Phone
+41 (0)61 268 14 00
fw-Museum@jsd.bs.ch
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