Basel Museums

(Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland)

Many traditional Swiss museums are available for your enjoyment in Basel and all ages will enjoy a trip to the city's Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum). Housed in a 19th-century Augustine monastery and within the Old Town area of Basel, highlights here include literally millions of items and artefacts relating to anthropology, paleontology and dinosaurs.

Also of interest is the Basel Toy Museum (Spielzeugmuseum), which is home to historic games, wooden toys and old tin cars, amongst the many other exhibits from the past two centuries. Also appealing for families is the Musikmuseum (Music Museum) and its expanding collection of over 2,000 different instruments from around the world. For information about modern architecture in Switzerland, pay a visit to Basel's influential Museum of Architecture (Architekturmuseum), where the exhibition space is spread over four floors.

Architekturmuseum (Museum of Architecture)

Address: Pfluggässlein 3, Basel, CH-4001, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 261 1413

Cocteau Kabinett Museum

Address: Feldbergstrasse 57, Basel, CH-4057, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 692 5285

Historical Museum (Historisches Museum)

Address: Barfüsserkirche (Church of the Discalced Friars), Barfüsserplatz, Steinenberg 4, Basel, CH-4051, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 205 8600

Museum der Kulturen (Cultural Museum)

Address: Augustinergasse 2, Basel, CH-4051, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 266 5600

Musikmuseum (Music Museum)

Address: Im Lohnhof 9, Basel, CH-4051, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 264 9160

Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum)

Address: Augustinergasse 2, Basel, CH-4001, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 266 5500

Pharmazie Historisches Museum (History of Pharmacy Museum)

Address: Totengässlein 3, Basel, CH-4051, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 261 7940

Puppenhausmuseum (Doll, Toy and Puppet Museum)

Address: Steinenvorstadt 1, Basel, CH-4051, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 225 9595

Spielzeugmuseum (Toy Museum)

Address: Baselstrasse 34, Riehen, CH-4125, Switzerland, CH
Tel: +41 061 641 2829