Events in Basel

The exhibition shows Verner Panton's visionary work of design, architecture and spatial installations.

The Ammonite & Thunderbolt exhibition features rocks from northwestern Switzerland that are between 16,000 and 250 million years old.

Cult, culture, art. Jewish experiences

The galleries on the Hauptbau's first floor facing St. Alban-Graben are the domain of the long nineteenth century.

One of the world's largest collections on the history of pharmacy. Materia medica, pharmacy ceramics and furniture, alchemist laboratory, mortars, travel pharmacies, books and much more.

Exhibition of the american comicartist Emil Ferris

Showcased here will be medieval works of art from churches in Switzerland and on the Upper Rhine.

Testimonies to the Near Future

Immerse yourself in the Egypt of yesteryear and experience ancient Egyptian culture with all your senses.

Fuzzy logic and Darrot's figures stand for fuzzy, human thinking full of spontaneity and imperfection.

How did the dinosaurs live? What did they eat? How fast did they grow? Why did they grow so big? And what was their social behavior like?

Permanent collection

What the shop windows in a prominent pedestrian location in the middle of Basel already announce is confirmed at every turn inside the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel.

Eine Entdeckungsreise durch die Basler Esskultur

How is technology changing the way we live together?

Sammlung Gegenwart

Exhibition of the german comic-artist Barbara Yelin

For the 37th time, the Offbeat Jazz Festival is bringing the very best in live jazz to the city. Internationally acclaimed jazz greats will be performing at various venues throughout Basel.

The most important world fair of the international art market for 20th & 21st century art.

The best and most spectacular music and performance groups from around the world will be performing in Basel.

Basel will celebrate Swiss National Day on July 31 with a large city festival.

The Jazzfest has been held on the first Friday after the Basel school summer vacations since 1984.