The Haus zum Kirschgarten was built in 1775-1780 as a residential and commercial building for the Basel silk ribbon manufacturer Johann Rudolf Burckhardt. Since its opening in 1951, the Haus zum Kirschgarten has traditionally been regarded as a residential museum: half of the 50 exhibition rooms are dedicated to Basel's residential culture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Interiors from comparable town houses are set up in the rooms of the town palace, some of which have original wall furnishings. Five rooms have been taken over from the Segerhof, a merchant's residence that was demolished in 1934.
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