- Address: Sankt Alban-Graben 16, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
- Phone: +41 61 206 62 62
- Official website: kunstmuseumbasel.ch
- Founded: 1931.
- Working hours: 10.00 - 18.00, Monday - closed Entrance fee: adult - 13 EUR, teenagers and students - 7 EUR,
Basel is a small town located in the north-west of Switzerland . It is the capital of the semi-canton of Basel-Stadt, whose population speaks German. One of the largest art museums in Europe is Basel. Its richest collection of art objects in the world is famous for exhibits related to the Middle Ages, and there are also many works that appeared in our time.
The founder of the museum is Basilius Amerbach
The Basel Art Museum was created thanks to a unique collection of art paintings, engravings, drawings, artifacts and other works of art collected by Basilius Amerbach. After the death of the collector in 1661, local authorities bought an invaluable collection. This fact became decisive when organizing an open museum in the city of Basel . The museum's funds were constantly replenished, and the old building could no longer accommodate the increased collection. Therefore, in 1936, the treasures of the city moved to a new building, and the museum changed its policy and began to collect its own collection of international art of our time. So, 1959 was marked by the first exhibition of works of American expressionists. This event served as an occasion for the opening of the Museum of Modern Art.
Exposition of the museum
The most popular paintings by artists of the XIX-XX centuries, written by creators living in the upper reaches of the Rhine. The Basel Art Museum has become a repository of the family works of art of eminent German painters - Holbein. The most vivid authors of the Renaissance take an honorable place in the museum exposition. Representatives of the Impressionism direction are given one of the best places in the museum halls. XX century is marked by the works of German and American creators.
The Basel Museum of Art impresses with its collection and authors, whose work it is. There is no person in the world who does not know Picasso, Gris, Leger, Munch, Kokoshka, Nolde, Dali, their works are the real pride of the museum.
Helpful information
The Basel Art Museum is open daily, except Monday, from 10.00 to 18.00 hours.
To consider the work of masters near, you have to pay. Entrance to the museum building for adult visitors will cost 13 EUR, for teenagers and students - 7 EUR, groups of more than 20 people pay 9 EUR per person. If you have a Museumspass card, then you do not need to pay.
Separately, entrance tickets to the Museum of Modern Art are sold. Entrance for the category of visitors who are not separate groups - 11 EUR, teenagers, students, disabled persons - 7 EUR. You can buy an audio guide, its price is 5 EUR.
Transport
You can get to the Basel Art Museum by tram number 2, next to the Kunstmuseum stop. The bus that runs along Route 50 will take you to the Bahnhof SBB stop. From each of them you need to walk a little, walk will take 5 - 7 minutes. In addition, at your service is a city taxi. Fans of self- guided tours can rent a car.
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