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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Archives of Life
Nature and environment
Basel
Switzerland
Natural History Museum Basel
Natural History Museum Basel
Natural History Museum Basel
Come and enjoy our various permanent exhibitions: learn more about threatened or extinct species or travel back in time to dinosaurs or mammoths. Get to know more about the formation of the earth and follow the development of mammals with the example of the sabre-toothed tiger. Our permanent exhibitions will surprise you with facts about nature and its fascinating secrets.


Picture left: a museum icon on four paws. the sabre-toothed cat Megantereon, photo: Gregor Brändli


Address

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Augustinergasse 2
4051
Basel
Switzerland
+41 61 266 55 00
Opening hours
Open all year
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00-17:00

Closed on
Open on all holidays except December 24 and Basel Carnival.
More: https://www.nmbs.ch/home/en/info_angebote/ihr-besuch.html

47.557665, 7.590404

(c) Sabrina Stäubli
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Family Sunday

Family Sunday at the museum leaves nothing to be desired. We offer a colorful family program that whets the appetite for natural science. With the participation of children and young people from our ...

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As part of Zukunft Inklusion, we are celebrating disability rights in 2024. We are the people of Sonnhalde Gempen and the Natural History Museum Basel. Together we are opening our museum for a day ...

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Afrikanischer Strauss, Jungvogel (c)Tristesse
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Sunday tour: "SEXY - mainspring of life".

On a guided tour through the special exhibition, we will show you the role that sex plays in reproduction. It shows that some animals have two sexes, others none or several. There are animals that ...

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Hirsche im Kampf
Basel
SEXY – The Driving Force of Life

The animal kingdom is vibrant and diverse. Animals have all kinds of weapons to help them win the object of their desire, along with a wealth of different behaviour patterns, pairings and family ...

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 (c) Max Waugh
Basel
Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The special exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year shows breathtaking nature photographs that inspire millions of people around the world. The impressive exhibition of the Natural History Museum ...

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