City tour: From almshouse to supply house

Basel Historical Museum – Barfüsserkirche
Basel, Switzerland
HMB
This event is available in
German
Stages in the history of psychiatry in Basel
Where were mentally ill people cared for and treated in Basel? Were they interned for life? What medication was available around 1900 and how did the psychiatric nursing staff work? These and other questions are explained at various stations using pictures and illustrations. Start: Barfüsserkirche, end: Hebelstrasse/Markgräflerhof
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Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Barfüsserplatz 7
4051
Basel
Basel, Switzerland
+41 61 205 86 00
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Free entry with the Museums-PASS-Musées
Dates
On 03 April 2025
Thursday: 18:00-19:30
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