Museum of Cultures
The Museum of Cultures in Basel is a Swiss museum of ethnography with large and important collections of artifacts, especially from Europe, the South Pacific, Mesoamerica, Tibet, and Bali. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of 273 metres (896 feet)
- …is also known as “Museum der Kulturen”
- …is wheelchair accessible
- Description: museum in Basel (Switzerland)
- Address: Münsterplatz 20, Basel, 4051
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Natural History Museum of Basel and Basel Minster.
Natural History Museum of Basel
Museum
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Basel Minster
Church
Basel Minster is a religious building in the Swiss… Basel Minster is situated 170 metres southeast of Museum of Cultures.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosental and Basel-Gundeldingen.
Museum of Cultures
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Latitude
47.5572° or 47° 33′ 26″ north
Longitude
7.59028° or 7° 35′ 25″ east
Open location code
8FV9HH4R+V4
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swiss German—“Museum of Cultures” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մշակույթների թանգարան”
- Chinese: “巴塞爾文化博物館”
- Dutch: “Culturenmuseum”
- Dutch: “Museum of Cultures”
- French: “musée des cultures de Bâle”
- French: “Musée des cultures de Bâle”
- German: “MKB”
- German: “Museum der Kulturen Basel”
- German: “Museum für Völkerkunde”
- German: “Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde”
- Italian: “Museo delle culture di Basilea”
- Portuguese: “Museu das Culturas”
- Spanish: “Museo de las Culturas de Basilea”
- Swiss German: “Museum der Kulturen Basel”
- Swiss German: “S Baasler Museum vo de Kulture”
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