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 Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig and Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art.
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Museum
Photo: Basmus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig is one of the many museums in the city of Basel, 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. Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig is situated 150 metres west of Kunstmuseum Basel.
Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art
Museum
Photo: Cartoonmuseum Basel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cartoonmuseum Basel is the only museum and centre of excellence in Switzerland devoted exclusively to the art of narrative drawing, be it in comics, graphic novels, comics reportage, cartoons, satirical drawings or animated films.
Basel Minster
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Rosental.
Birsfelden
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birsfelden is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Birsfelden is situated 2½ km east of Kunstmuseum Basel.
Kunstmuseum Basel
- Categories: art museum, memory institution, building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.55448° or 47° 33′ 16″ northLongitude
7.59511° or 7° 35′ 42″ eastElevation
273 metres (896 feet)Open location code
8FV9HH3W+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 295287955OpenStreetMap feature
building=civicOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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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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