Kunstmuseum Basel

The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in .
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Sunday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Wednesday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Email: info@kunstmuseumbasel.ch
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Basel, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Basler Kunstmuseum”, “Kunstmuseum Basel Neubau”, “Kunstmuseum mit Kupferstichkabinett”, and “Kunstsammlung Basel”
  • Address: St. Alban-Graben 20, 4010

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig and Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art.

Museum
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The is one of the many in the city of , Switzerland and a heritage site of national significance. In 1961 the city of Basel decided to establish the museum to assemble the several antiquities in one place. is situated 150 metres west of Kunstmuseum Basel.

Museum
Photo: Cartoonmuseum Basel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cartoonmuseum Basel is the only and centre of excellence in devoted exclusively to the art of narrative drawing, be it in comics, graphic novels, comics reportage, cartoons, satirical drawings or animated films.

Church
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is a religious building in the city of , originally a Roman Catholic cathedral and today a Reformed Protestant church. The original cathedral was built between 1019 and 1500 in Romanesque and Gothic styles. is situated 300 metres northwest of Kunstmuseum Basel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Rosental.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in . is situated 2½ km east of Kunstmuseum Basel.

Kunstmuseum Basel

Latitude
47.55448° or 47° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
7.59511° or 7° 35′ 42″ east
Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FV9HH3W+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 295287955
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
9671465
Wiki­data ID
Q194626
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kunstmuseum Basel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف بازل للفنون”
  • Armenian: “Բազելի արվեստի թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Բազելի գեղարվեստի թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Basileako Arte Museoa”
  • Basque: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Breton: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Art de Basilea”
  • Chinese: “巴塞爾美術館”
  • Czech: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Czech: “Umělecké muzeum Basilej”
  • Danish: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Dutch: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف بازل”
  • Esperanto: “Artmuzeo de Bazelo”
  • Esperanto: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Finnish: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • French: “Kunstmuseum Bâle”
  • French: “Kunstmuseum”
  • German: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • German: “Kunstmuseum mit Kupferstichkabinett”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון האמנות של בזל”
  • Indonesian: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Irish: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Italian: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Japanese: “アマーバッハ家”
  • Japanese: “バーゼル市立美術館”
  • Japanese: “バーゼル美術館”
  • Korean: “바젤 시립 미술관”
  • Latvian: “Bāzeles mākslas muzejs”
  • Latvian: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Macedonian: “Ликовен музеј Базел”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Sztuki w Bazylei”
  • Portuguese: “Kunstmuseum”
  • Portuguese: “Museu das Belas Artes”
  • Romanian: “Kunstmuseum din Basel”
  • Russian: “Базельский художественный музей”
  • Slovenian: “Umetnostni muzej Basel”
  • Spanish: “Coleccion Publica de Arte de Basilea”
  • Spanish: “Coleccion Pública de Arte de Basilea”
  • Spanish: “Colección Publica de Arte de Basilea”
  • Spanish: “Colección Pública de Arte de Basilea”
  • Spanish: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte de Basilea”
  • Spanish: “Offentliche Kunstsammlung Basel”
  • Spanish: “Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel”
  • Swedish: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Swiss German: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kunstmuseum Basel”
  • Ukrainian: “Базельський художній музей”
  • Ukrainian: “Художній музей Базеля”
  • Ukrainian: “Художній музей у Базелі”
  • Ukrainian: “Художній музей”
  • Vietnamese: “Kunstmuseum Basel”

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