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=== Museums ===<!-- This section is linked from [[List of museums]] -->
[[File:Basel - 2017 - Kunstmuseum Basel - Altbau.jpg|thumb|The [[Kunstmuseum Basel]], oldest public museum of art in Europe]]
The [[Museums in Basel|Basel museums]] cover a broad and diverse spectrum of [[collection (museum)|collections]] with a marked concentration in the fine arts. They house numerous holdings of international significance. The over three dozen institutions yield an extraordinarily high density of museums compared to other cities of similar size and draw over one million visitors annually.<ref name=Museums>{{cite web |url=http://www.bs.ch/en/Portrait/Kultur/Museen.html |title=A lot to see in such a small city |publisher=Canton of Basel-Stadt |type=official site |website=Kanton Basel-Stadt |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015210545/http://www.bs.ch/en/Portrait/Kultur/Museen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Constituting an essential component of Basel culture and cultural policy, the museums are the result of closely interwoven private and public collecting activities and promotion of arts and culture going back to the 16th century. The public museum collection was first created back in 1661 and represents the oldest public collection in continuous existence in Europe. Since the late 1980s, various private collections have been made accessible to the public in new purpose-built structures that have been recognized as acclaimed examples of [[avant-garde]] [[museum architecture]].
[[File:R0014764.jpg|thumb|The [[Beyeler Foundation|Fondation Beyeler]] by Renzo Piano, located in Riehen]]

* [[Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig]] Ancient cultures of the Mediterranean museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch |title=Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig :: Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig |publisher=Antikenmuseumbasel.ch |access-date=15 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706221409/http://www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch/ |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Augusta Raurica]] Roman open-air museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baselland.ch/docs/kultur/augustaraurica/e/menu/index.php |title=Augusta Raurica |publisher=Baselland.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425224429/http://www.baselland.ch/docs/kultur/augustaraurica/e/menu/index.php |archive-date=25 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Basel Paper Mill]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Basler Papiermühle}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.papiermuseum.ch/default-1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205141605/http://www.papiermuseum.ch/default-1.htm |archive-date=5 February 2007 |title=Start-e |date=5 February 2007 |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>
* [[Beyeler Foundation]] (Foundation Beyeler) 
* Botanical Garden Basel<ref>{{Cite web |title=Botanical Garden |url=https://www.unibas.ch/en/University/University-Society/Botanical-Garden.html |access-date=23 March 2025 |website=[[University of Basel]] via Wayback Machine}}</ref>
* [[Caricature & Cartoon Museum Basel]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cartoonmuseum.ch/ |title=Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel – home |language=de |publisher=Cartoonmuseum.ch |date=29 April 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=29 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529164015/http://www.cartoonmuseum.ch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Dollhouse Museum]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Puppenhausmuseum}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.puppenhausmuseum.ch/ |title=Puppenhausmuseum Basel: Startpage |publisher=Puppenhausmuseum.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=15 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315100143/http://www.puppenhausmuseum.ch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a museum housing the largest teddy bear collection in Europe.
* Foundation Fernet Branca ({{langx|fr|link=no|Fondation Fernet Branca}}) in [[Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin]] near Basel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fondationfernet-branca.org |title=Foundation Fernet Branca |publisher=fondationfernet-branca.org |access-date=12 January 2015 |archive-date=14 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314042920/http://fondationfernet-branca.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Modern art collection.
* [[Basel Historical Museum|Historical Museum Basel]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Historisches Museum Basel}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmb.ch/ |title=Historisches Museum Basel |publisher=Hmb.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=14 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314074153/http://www.hmb.ch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kunsthalle Basel]] Modern and contemporary art museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kunsthallebasel.ch |title=Kunsthalle Basel · Aktuelle Ausstellungen |publisher=Kunsthallebasel.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425135424/http://www.kunsthallebasel.ch/ |archive-date=25 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Kunstmuseum Basel]] [[Upper Rhine|Upper Rhenish]] and [[Flemish painting]]s, drawings from 1400 to 1600 and 19th- to 21st-century art<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110011257/http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/en/ |archive-date=10 January 2008 |title=Kunstmuseum Basel &#124; Home |date=10 January 2008 |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>
* Monteverdi Automuseum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tobiasullrich.de/monteverdi/museum/ |title=MONTEVERDI Car Collection Monteverdi Museum |publisher=Tobiasullrich.de |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403074425/http://www.tobiasullrich.de/monteverdi/museum/ |archive-date=3 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Museum of Cultures Basel]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Museum der Kulturen Basel}}) Large collections on European and non-European cultural life<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mkb.ch |title=Museum der Kulturen Basel |publisher=Mkb.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721014608/http://www.mkb.ch/ |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel)|Museum of Contemporary Art]] Art from the 1960s up to the present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/de/museum-fuer-gegenwartskunst-mit-emanuel-hoffmannn-stiftung1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224544/http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/de/museum-fuer-gegenwartskunst-mit-emanuel-hoffmannn-stiftung1.html |archive-date=26 September 2007 |title=Kunstmuseum Basel – Museum für Gegenwartskunst mit Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung |date=31 December 2007 |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>
* [[Music Museum (Basel)|Music Museum]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Musikmuseum}}) of the Basel Historic Museum
* [[Natural History Museum of Basel]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Naturhistorisches Museum Basel}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmb.bs.ch |title=Naturhistorisches Museum Basel &#124; Home |publisher=Nmb.bs.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=26 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426032641/http://www.nmb.bs.ch/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pharmaziemuseum.ch |title=Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel |publisher=pharmaziemuseum.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401005147/http://pharmaziemuseum.ch/ |archive-date=1 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Schaulager]] Modern and contemporary art museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schaulager.org/en/index.php?news=true |title=Schaulager Modern and contemporary art museum |publisher=Schaulager |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713180652/http://www.schaulager.org/en/index.php?news=true |archive-date=13 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Swiss Architecture Museum]] ({{langx|de|link=no|Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architekturmuseum.ch |title=S AM – Home |publisher=Architekturmuseum.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212193536/http://www.architekturmuseum.ch/ |archive-date=12 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Tinguely Museum]] Life and work of the major Swiss iron sculptor [[Jean Tinguely]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tinguely.ch/ |title=Museum Jean Tinguely Basel |publisher=Tinguely.ch |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=10 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310020256/http://www.tinguely.ch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Jewish Musem of Switzerland|Jewish Museum of Switzerland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jewish Museum of Switzerland |url=http://www.juedisches-museum.ch/ |location=Basel, Switzerland |access-date=8 September 2015 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929181622/http://juedisches-museum.ch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>