Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art
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.Photo: Cartoonmuseum Basel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Basel (Switzerland)
- Also known as: “Caricature & Cartoon Museum Basel” and “Cartoonmuseum Basel”
- Address: St. Alban-Vorstadt 28, Basel, 4052
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kunstmuseum Basel and Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig.
Kunstmuseum Basel
Museum
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.
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 240 metres west of Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art.
Basel Minster
Church
Basel Minster is a religious building in the Swiss city of Basel, 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. Basel Minster is situated 370 metres northwest of Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art.
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 Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art.
Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art
- Categories: memory institution, comics museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.55453° or 47° 33′ 16″ northLongitude
7.59637° or 7° 35′ 47″ eastOpen location code
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tosk Albanian—“Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Caricature & Cartoon Museum Basel”
- French: “Cartoonmuseum de Bâle – Centre d’art narratif”
- French: “Cartoonmuseum de Bâle”
- French: “musée de la caricature et du dessin humoristique de Bâle”
- German: “Cartoonmuseum Basel – Zentrum für narrative Kunst”
- German: “Cartoonmuseum Basel”
- German: “Karikatur und Cartoon Museum Basel”
- Italian: “Museo della caricatura e dei cartoni animati di Basilea”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Caricatura y del Comic de Basilea”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Caricatura y del Cómic de Basilea”
- Spanish: “Museo de la caricatura y el dibujo animado de Basilea”
- Swiss German: “S Kartuunmuseum Basel”
- Tosk Albanian: “Cartoonmuseum Basel”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vorstadtbefestigung im Wildensteinerhof and Zum Geist house.
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