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 in this museum

(c) Shane Gross, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Visites guidées en français: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Foto by Gregor Brändli
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(c) Ingo Arndt, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Guided tour for people with hearing impairments: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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© Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Guided tour for people with a visual impairment: Wildlifw Photographer of the Year

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Basel
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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 ...

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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