Museum Tinguely

Museum Tinguely is a transport stop in Basel, Canton of Basel-City. Museum Tinguely is situated nearby to the swimming area Basler Rheinschwimmen, as well as near the office building Bulding 2.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum Tinguely and Kunstmuseum Basel.

Museum Tinguely

Museum

Museum Tinguely

Photo: Alan Philip Müller, CC BY 2.0.

The Museum Tinguely is an art museum in Basel, Switzerland, dedicated to the work of Swiss painter and sculptor Jean Tinguely. Designed by architect Mario Botta, it opened in 1996 on the banks of the Rhine. Museum Tinguely is situated 490 metres northeast of Museum Tinguely.

Kunstmuseum Basel

Museum

Kunstmuseum Basel

Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.

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. Kunstmuseum Basel is situated 1 km west of Museum Tinguely.

Gate of Saint Alban

Gate of Saint Alban

Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.

The Basel city walls are a complex of walls surrounding the central part of the Swiss city of Basel, only partially preserved today. The first city wall was completed around 1080 under bishop Burkhard von Fenis. Gate of Saint Alban is situated 510 metres southwest of Museum Tinguely.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosental and Birsfelden.

Rosental

Suburb

Photo: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rosental is a suburb.

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.

Basel-Gundeldingen

Suburb

Basel-Gundeldingen

Photo: Laloom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Basel-Gundeldingen is a suburb.

Museum Tinguely

Type: Transport stop
Wheelchair access: no
Categories: passenger ship terminal and transportation
Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.55729° or 47° 33′ 26″ north

Longitude

7.6064° or 7° 36′ 23″ east

Elevation

248 metres (814 feet)

Operator

BPG

Open location code

8FV9HJ44+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4445528693

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=ferry_terminal

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

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