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

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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 and upcoming

Preisverleihung in der Aula des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel
Event
Award ceremony and exhibition opening Snapshot photo competition

AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE BEST NATURE PICTURES On this evening, the secret will be revealed and we will celebrate the winning pictures together. For the snapshot, an independent jury selected ten ...

Vortrag, Foto von Bettina Matthiessen
Event
The whole story - Provenance history in Basel's museums

Museums are intensively concerned with the provenance of their collections. Provenance research is not only essential from an ethical point of view. It offers great opportunities to delve deeper into ...

(c) Ingo Arndt, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Event
Guided tour for people with hearing impairments: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The Natural History Museum Basel would also like to offer people with special needs an exciting and eventful visit. To this end, we network with various organizations for people with special needs in ...

Baum vor Wetterkulisse
Event
Focus guide: Snapshot photo competition

What makes a good photograph? What criteria do I use to evaluate a picture? Melody Gygax, picture editor and curator, and Sven Eisenhut, director of photo Basel, guide you through the snapshot ...

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

The Natural History Museum Basel would also like to offer people with special needs an exciting and eventful visit. To this end, we network with various organizations for people with special needs in ...

Samual Stone (c) Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Event
Sunday tour Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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On an interactive tour through the special exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year, selected nature photographs are examined together. You will encounter creatures deep in the sea, in untouched ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 (c) Max Waugh
Exhibition
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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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 ...

Besucher betrachtet eine Unterwasser-Naturfotografie (c) Sara Barth
Exhibition
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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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 ...