Family Day 2024
Sunday, November 3, 2024, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hauptbau and Neubau
free admission for children aged 0 and over
Please note that strollers are not allowed in the museum. You can park your stroller in the courtyard of the Hauptbau (monitored parking).
Once upon a time... at the Kunstmuseum Basel
On Family Day, immerse yourself in the world of old and new fairy tales at the Kunstmuseum Basel! Stop by the puppet theater or get to know new hero:ines in our pop-up library. Create your own puppets or create never-before-seen fairy-tale characters in the collage workshop. Afterwards, you can show off your superpower and bring it to life on paper with your whole body!
Admission to the museum is free on Family Day. All Family Day events are also free of charge. The special exhibition Paula Rego. Power Games is available at a reduced rate.
The Family Day is generously supported by Freunde des Kunstmuseums Basel.
Program
HAUPTBAU, GROUND FLOOR
Info Counter
WHERE: Ground floor foyer
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
Family tour of the exhibition Pairings
How do you decide which artworks hang next to each other in a museum? What do they have in common? On this tour of the current exhibition, we discover “picture pairs” that visitors of all ages helped select. With curator Géraldine Meyer and children's co-curator Maira van Dam.
For ages 6 and up / 10–15 people
WHERE: HAUPTBAU, ground floor
WHEN: 1, 2, 3 p.m. for 20 min. each
“What's in the Suitcase?” – Puppet theater with Teatro Tatarira
Be enchanted by a special puppet theater play and immerse yourself in alternative fairy tale worlds, with live music.
From 6 years of age
WHERE: Kleines Atelier
WHEN: 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. for 30 min. each
Puppet workshop
Whether you want to make a deep-sea monster, a grandmother or your own reflection – come to our puppet workshop and use simple materials to create figures for your fantasy world.
WHERE: Grosses Atelier
WHEN: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Crawling, Sealing, Climbing
A zone for free play and movement for babies and toddlers from 0 to 3 years.
WHERE: HAUPTBAU, ground floor, small courtyard walkway
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
ZWISCHENGESCHOSS
Sensory Trail
Our sensory trail, made of crackling materials and reflective surfaces, offers a space for toddlers from 0 to 3 years of age to experience their surroundings and their own bodies.
WHERE: Hauptbau, Zwischengeschoss
WHEN: 10 am–1 pm, 2–5 pm
HAUPTBAU, 1st floor
Pop-up library
Browse our library and discover stories about self-empowerment, feelings and young heroes.
From 0 years
WHERE: Hauptbau, foyer, 1st floor
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
HAUPTBAU, 2ND FLOOR
Fairytales with a difference
Make new hero characters out of old newspaper, magazine and book clippings, as well as your own drawings, and make them talk!
From 4 years of age
WHERE: Hauptbau, foyer 2nd floor
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
Comic reading corner
Many comics and graphic novels await you here – discover stories about the vulva, queer realities of life and more.
From 6 years of age
WHERE: Hauptbau, foyer 2nd floor
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
NEUBAU, BASEMENT, EVENT FOYER
Body feelings
Where in your body is anger located? What do you feel in your stomach when you are ashamed? What color is anticipation for you? The floor of the art museum becomes a large canvas. Paint with your whole body and bring your feelings to paper.
From 2 years of age
WHERE: Neubau, UG, Eventfoyer
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
NEUBAU, EG, ANLIEFERUNG
Tomorrow I'll be great
Who do you think you'll be in the future? Who will have accompanied you on your journey? And what are you already particularly proud of? Create a monument to the future you!
From 6 years of age
WHERE: Neubau, EG, Anlieferung
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
Coffee truck from Unternehmen Mitte
Fancy a little break with coffee and cake? Come to the delivery area and make a stop at the wheel of fortune of the Friends of the Kunstmuseum Basel.
WHERE: Neubau, ground floor, delivery
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
Spaghetti Monster
Here you can recharge your batteries for the next workshop with spaghetti and lemonade.
WHERE: Neubau, ground floor, delivery
WHEN: 10 am–5 pm
