Fondation Herzog – Laboratorium für Fotografie
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The Fondation Herzog is located in premises designed by Herzog & de Meuron on the Dreispitz site. With a total of 300,000 images, it brings interested visitors closer to the history of photography and industrial society.
The collection tells the story of people in the industrial society in photographs since 1839. There are works of the pioneering period and documents of all eras, professional, artistic, but also amateur photographs. All analog techniques of the history of photography since the invention of the medium are present, and an extensive specialized library can be used. The continuous development of the collection includes not only its archiving and conservation, but also the organization of workshops, symposia and guided tours, the realization of exhibitions in its own premises as well as in other institutions. In addition, there are publications such as exhibition catalogs, books, articles in journals and magazines, postcards, posters, videos. For teaching, research, exhibitions and publications, the collection, expertise and library are available to interested private individuals as well as national and international institutions (schools, universities, museums).
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General information
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Fondation Herzog – Laboratorium für Fotografie
Leimenstrasse 20 4051 Basel +41 (0)61 333 11 85 info@fondation-herzog.ch +41 (0)61 333 11 86 |
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Fondation Herzog – Laboratorium für Fotografie
Leimenstrasse 20
4053
Basel
Switzerland