Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Basel
Switzerland
Natural History Museum Basel
Natural History Museum Basel
Natural History Museum Basel
Nature and environment
Archives of Life
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


47.557665, 7.590404

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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Augustinergasse 2
4051
Basel
Switzerland
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Open all year from
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
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Currently and upcoming

Vortrag in der Aula Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (c) Jeton Shali
Event
NGiB lecture: Spiders - animals from another world

Spiders are the most important terrestrial predators among invertebrates. Thanks to their unique sensory abilities, their ability to spin webs and their use of venom to catch prey and defend ...

Visual Familiensonntag
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Family Sunday: Fossil hunt

Is that an ammonite or a rare dinosaur bone? Unleash your hunting instinct and set off in search of the most beautiful, rarest and oldest fossils. Let yourself drift through prehistoric seas ...

Im Gespräch mit dem Journalisten Tobias Bossard stellt sich Unternehmer André Hoffmann den Fragen, wie sich das Wirtschaftssystem anders ausrichten müsste, um langfristig, glaubwürdig und tatsächlich wirkungsmächtig zu werden in Sachen Naturschutz, Foto: zVg
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Talk with André Hoffmann: The new nature of business

The call to take care of nature can be seen in every picture in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which is one of the best nature photographs in the world. The issues of nature ...

Prinz Hussain Aga Khan (c) Elizabeth Hoag
Event
Presentation by Hussain Aga Khan: Acting with impact. For more resilient oceans

The internationally recognised, award-winning nature photographer and environmental ambassador Prince Hussain Aga Khan is to be a guest at the museum. With his organisation, Focused On Nature, Prince ...

Flamingobild von Leana Kuster, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Event
Sunday tour Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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What is the story behind the photograph? How did the picture come about in the first place? On an interactive tour through the special exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year, selected nature ...

Besucher betrachtet eine Unterwasser-Naturfotografie (c) Sara Barth
Exhibition
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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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 ...

Schnappschuss-Ausstellung 2024 (c) Bettina Matthiessen
Exhibition
Exhibition: SCHNAPPSCHUSS photo competition
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With the SCHNAPPSCHUSS competition, the Natural History Museum invited amateur photographers to send in their most touching, impressive or funny nature or animal picture. They had the opportunity to ...

Fotografie von Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 (c) Qing Lin
Exhibition
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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The international Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition will be held for the 62nd time in 2026. The Natural History Museum London has been organizing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...