The Museum der Kulturen Basel ranks among the leading ethnographic museums in Europe. The Museum's world-renowned collection numbers more than 340,000 objects, around 900,000 photos, 400 films and sound recordings. MKB exhibitions cover contemporary and everyday subjects. They convey cultural commonalities as well as differences and thereby contribute to the understanding of one’s own as well as other cultures. In its capacity as a place of viewing, learning, and experience, MKB invites visitors to reflect on.
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Basel
Switzerland
Art
47.557224, 7.590655
Adresse
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Münsterplatz 20
4051
Basel
Switzerland
Horaires d'ouverture
Open all year from
Tuesday - Sunday:
10:00-17:00
Closed on
1st Wednesday of the month: until 8.00 pm
Exhibition "The Carnival of Basel":
Thu – Sat: 1.00 – 5.00 pm
Sun: 11.00 am – 5.00 pm
On Tuesday, 16 February 2027, the "The Carnival of Basel" exhibition will be open from 12.00 to 18.00. The entrance is at Augustinergasse 8.
Exhibition "The Carnival of Basel":
Thu – Sat: 1.00 – 5.00 pm
Sun: 11.00 am – 5.00 pm
On Tuesday, 16 February 2027, the "The Carnival of Basel" exhibition will be open from 12.00 to 18.00. The entrance is at Augustinergasse 8.
Currently and upcoming
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The textile collection at the Museum der Kulturen Basel is world famous. The present pop-up exhibition traces the threads of the collection’s history and questions how and why fabrics from across the ...
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Remembering and forgetting are ever-present features of life. The exhibition playfully reveals the manifold practices people rely on to recall specific moments in life, from birth to death, but also ...
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Colours make the world look bright. But do we all perceive and experience them in the same way? In a flight across the museum’s collection, our pink owl spotted a range of colourful objects and now ...
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Gold brings a glitter to Christmas trees, embellishes precious items, and stands for holiness. But where there’s light, there’s also shadow. The mining of this precious metal leaves deep scars across ...
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Shibori refers to a fabric patterning technique. In Japanese, shiboru means to compress or wring, and describes how unique patterns are created by folding, tying, and sewing. After dyeing, all the ...
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Wars and conflicts leave their mark not only on people and the environment, but also on objects and cultural heritage. A recently received donation containing objects from situations of war and ...
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The climate crisis poses a threat to the habitability of the Earth, and has prompted a rethink of the perspectives, networks, and interactions of human and non-human actors. How do we humans perceive ...
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The effects of colonialism are still felt today. In the museum we encounter them in the shape of collaborations and research projects involving collections from colonial contexts. In the exhibition ...
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Ebene Eins is a new, admission-free open space in the museum’s main building that serves as a place for people to meet, exchange ideas, be creative, or simply spend time. One part is reserved for ...
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Set in historical rooms, the Museum offers a colourful overview of the world-famous Basel carnival – ranging from costumes, lanterns, masks, and musical instruments, to historical documents and a ...