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

Address

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Augustinergasse 2
4051
Basel
Switzerland
Opening hours
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
Contact and additional information
+41 61 266 55 00
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Currently and upcoming

Röhrender Hirsch, Jamie Smart, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Event
Family tour Wildlife Photographer of the Year,
Multiple dates

Jumping, crawling, flying, being carried away by the water. Wildlife Photographer of the Year brings us closer to the beauty of nature in an impressive way. On this interactive family tour, we look at ...

Fledermäuse in einer schwarzen Höhle. Sitaram Raul, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Sunday guided tour in English: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Join us on a guided tour of the special exhibition WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, where we present a carefully curated selection of stunning nature photography. Dive into the creative process ...

Silvan Thüring am Berg auf Dinosaurierspurensicherung
Event
NGiB lecture: Dinosaurs storming the summit! Traces of dinosaurs in the high mountains

The highest dinosaur tracks in Europe can be found on Piz Ela in the canton of Graubünden, 3333 meters above sea level. But which dinosaurs reached this mountain peak, which researchers today can only ...

Drohnenaufnahme aus der Höhe auf eine zerfurchte Landschaft. Dabei spiegeln sich die Wolken in den nassen Feldern.Jassen Todorov, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Event
Visite guidée en français: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Quelle est l'histoire qui se cache derrière la photographie ? Comment la photo a-t-elle été prise ? During an interactive guided tour of the temporary Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, we ...

Dinosaurierskelett im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (c) Jeton Shali
Event
Museum Night 2026

On Museum Night, 43 museums and cultural institutions offer a rich program from 6 pm to 2 am. Here you can experience an evening on the theme of JURASSIC NIGHT. When night falls, the gateway to a ...

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 ...

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 ...