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Museum der Kulturen Basel
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The Museum der Kulturen is the largest Swiss Museum of Ethnology. It houses one of Europe's largest collections on European and non-European cultural life. The museum's collections on the South Seas, Ancient America, Tibet and Bali are world-famous, as are its textiles. The exhibitions and a full programme of events make the museum's treasures accessible to a wide audience.
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The Museum der Kulturen was founded in 1849. It provides a home for all the treasures brought to Basel from around the world by scientists, travellers and merchants. Since the beginning of the 20th century the collections have been supplemented by the museum's own expeditions. The exhibitions and a comprehensive programme of events communicate the museum's work to a wide audience. The body responsible for the museum is the canton of Basel-Stadt, on whose behalf the museum preserves, documents and communicates its cultural legacy. As the largest museum of its kind in Switzerland, the museum has around 300,000 objects and about the same number of historic photographs, including the stocks of the former Swiss Museum of Ethnology.
Address:
Museum der Kulturen
Augustinergasse 2,
4051 Basel
www.mbk.ch
Open
Tuesdays to Sundays, 10.00 h to 17.00 h, closed on Monday
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