Basel Museums

Basel is famous for its educational institutions, an abundance of bookstores, theaters. There are also a lot of museums of different orientations, and even the smallest of them can store real treasures.

The most interesting museums of the city

1. Anatomical Museum (Anatomisches Museum). This museum, owned by the University of Basel, is considered one of the most fascinating in the city. Visit it will be interesting to everyone, and in particular to doctors and children .
2. One of the largest and most significant museums in Switzerland is the Basel Historical Museum. It is considered a national treasure and is under the protection of the state. Here are stored church relics, antique furniture and stained-glass windows, coins and textiles. Noteworthy is not only the collection of this museum, telling about the events of the distant past, but also the architecture of the Gothic Franciscan church of the VIII century, in which the museum is located.
3. Museum of the Beyeler Foundation (The Beyeler Foundation Museum). This museum is located in the suburbs of Basel, despite this admire the masterpieces of fine art, about 400 thousand people come here annually.
4. The Jean Tinguely Museum is one of the most unusual buildings in Basel. It is located on the banks of the Rhine and is a pink sandstone construction with a metallic composition on the roof. This museum is entirely devoted to the work of Jean Tangli, a representative of kinetic art and sculptor-innovator.
5. The Art Museum (Kunstmuseum) houses the largest in Europe collection of works of art created in the interval from the XV century to the present day. Particular attention is paid to the works of artists of the Upper Rhine of the XIX-XX centuries. There is also a collection of masterpieces belonging to the Holbein family.
6. The Museum of Paper (Basel Paper Mill Museum). It's worth visiting if you want to learn about how paper is made and are interested in printing. Here you can make a sheet of paper yourself and try to print something on it.
7. The Toy Museum (Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel) will appeal to both adults and children. Old models, cars, dolls, mechanical models - here you will find yourself in the world of fairy tales and the embodiment of children's dreams.
8. The Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum) is located in a three-story building in the city center. Exhibits of this museum tell about the world of animals and their evolution.