Museums in Basel (English Wikipedia)

The museums of Basel-City make up around a third of the canton’s annual culture budget of approximately a hundred million francs. See the 2009 Basel-City Culture Budget. Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine

baselland.ch

See the corresponding entries on the Basel-Country website: "Museums in the Municipalities" (in German)

bl.ch

museum.bl.ch

"History of the Museum.BL and its collections". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-02-24.

bs.ch

staatsarchiv.bs.ch

History of the Museum of Design (Museum für Gestaltung) Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine The museum was initially continued on a private basis in Weil am Rhein and then in Basel as an exhibition firm. The School of Design (Schule für Gestaltung) still mounts exhibitions with holdings from the poster collection.

bundesmuseen.ch

History of the Museum of Music Automatons.

dhh-3.de

Not obtained from private collections, none of the 21 acquired pieces had to be restituted after the war. Kreis, Georg (1997). Die Schweiz und der Handel mit Raubkunst im Zusammenhang mit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

eurodistrictbasel.eu

See the overview of different territorial definitions and perimeters on the website of Eurodistrict Basel Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine.

fondation-herzog.ch

Website of the Herzog Foundation.

kunstaspekte.de

History of the Progressive Museum

kunsthallebasel.ch

History of the Kunsthalle

kunsthausbaselland.ch

Informations about the Museum and the Art Association. Archived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

kunstmuseumbasel.ch

History of the Kunstmuseum Basel.

loerrach.de

History of the Museum am Burghof. Archived 2009-07-16 at the Wayback Machine

mkb.ch

History of the Basel Museum of Cultures. Archived 2011-01-12 at the Wayback Machine

museefernetbranca.fr

Museum history Archived 2012-06-30 at archive.today (French)

museumspass.com

Map Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine showing the area covered by the Upper Rhine Museum Pass.

riehen.ch

Informations about the Riehen Art Space. Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

sam-basel.org

Swiss Architecture Museum (Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum) The Architecture Museum opens its new premises in the Kunsthalle.

schoenthal.ch

Website of the Sculpture at Schoenthal Foundation

skulpturhalle.ch

History of the Basel Sculpture Hall. Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine

statistik-bs.ch

Visitor figures of the museums in the canton of Basel-City According to the Statistical Office of Canton Basel-City, the Basel museums have the following visitor figures: 1,745,142 in 2004, 1,202,959 in 2005, 1,334,031 in 2006.
Visitors figures of the museums in Basel-City. Attracting 600,000 visitors, the Tutankhamen exhibition at the Museum of Ancient Art boosted overnight hotel stays in Basel hotels by around 6% in 2004.

unibas.ch

humgeo.unibas.ch

Study by the Human Geography Institute (Humangeographisches Institut) of the University of Basel By conservative estimates, the Basel museums generate added value of at least 41 million francs per year (up to just under 55 million francs including the Museum am Burghof and the Vitra Design Museum).

web.archive.org

See the overview of different territorial definitions and perimeters on the website of Eurodistrict Basel Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine.
Map Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine showing the area covered by the Upper Rhine Museum Pass.
History of the Basel Museum of Cultures. Archived 2011-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
History of the Basel Sculpture Hall. Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
History of the Museum of Design (Museum für Gestaltung) Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine The museum was initially continued on a private basis in Weil am Rhein and then in Basel as an exhibition firm. The School of Design (Schule für Gestaltung) still mounts exhibitions with holdings from the poster collection.
"History of the Museum.BL and its collections". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
History of the Museum am Burghof. Archived 2009-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
Informations about the Museum and the Art Association. Archived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
Informations about the Riehen Art Space. Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
Not obtained from private collections, none of the 21 acquired pieces had to be restituted after the war. Kreis, Georg (1997). Die Schweiz und der Handel mit Raubkunst im Zusammenhang mit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
"In 1967 – an exhibition of Basel's Farnsburg Group (Farnsburgergruppe) at the Klingental Exhibition Gallery (Ausstellungsraum Klingental)". Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
The museums of Basel-City make up around a third of the canton’s annual culture budget of approximately a hundred million francs. See the 2009 Basel-City Culture Budget. Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine