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Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Antikenmuseum Basel
Archaeology
History and tradition
Basel
Switzerland
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
The Antikenmuseum Basel houses an outstanding collection of Egyptian, Greek, Italic, Etruscan and Roman works of art. It is the only museum in Switzerland exclusively devoted to ancient art and the cultures of the Mediterranean region. The museum introduces its visitors to epochs of cultural history that still have an impact on present-day society – the ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman eras in particular. Based on a range of first-class objects we outline the history, religion, philosophy, art, literature and everyday life of these cultures, which had a crucial impact on the course of world history and on the development of the western world.
Address

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

St. Alban-Graben 5
4010
Basel
Switzerland
+41 61 267 01 12
Opening hours
Open all year
Tuesday - Wednesday: 11:00-17:00
Thursday - Friday: 11:00-22:00
Saturday - Sunday: 10:00-16:00

Closed on
Free admission every Thursday and Friday evening from 5 pm.
Special opening hours before and during public holidays. Please consult the museum website before your visit.

47.554332, 7.593154

View of the exhibition
Basel
IBERIANS

The special exhibition, conceived in cooperation with the Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya, is dedicated to the culture and art of the Iberians. This civilisation comprised a group of peoples who ...

Exhibition
Head of a Pharaoh, 2000 years BC, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel
Egypt

The Antikenmuseum Basel presents its outstanding collection of Egyptian art in a new, contemporary setting. Using audio-visual presentation techniques, the exhibition takes you on a journey to the ...

Exhibition
Blick in die Dauerausstellung «Die Griechen und ihre Welt. Identität und Ideal»
Basel
The Greeks and their world

In the permanent exhibition "The Greeks and their World. Identity and Ideal," the Basel Museum of Antiquities presents part of its outstanding collection of vases from a contemporary and surprising ...

Exhibition
Graburne aus Montepulciano, Ton, 2. Jh. v. Chr., Inv. BS 834
Basel
The Etruscans

When the Etruscans reached the height of their cultural flowering in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, Rome was still an insignificant settlement. The Etruscans rose to become one of the most important ...

Exhibition
Blick in die Ausstellung: Belade ein Transportschiff mit Vasen so, dass es nicht sinkt.
Basel
Focal point.

The Antikenmuseum Basel has one of the world's most important collections of Greek vases. In the newly designed section, the process of vase making and the creation of such a masterpiece is vividly ...

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