Free museum offers
HAUPTBAU
Ground floor inner courtyard
Groud floor exhibition rooms
Small courtyard walkway, foyer and shop
NEUBAU
LED panel on the exterior facade
Event foyer and connecting wing
Foyer and shop
GEGENWART
Shop and Studio Gegenwart
Audioguide to the collection
The tours are available in German, English and French. Please bring your smartphone and headphones to use the audio guide.
Studio Gegenwart
Lounge in the Gegenwart, Tuesday - Thursday, 1 - 6 pm & Friday - Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm. Except for events.
Mitmach-Hefte
These are usually available at the ticket offices every Sunday. Only available in german.
Mitmach-Mittwoch
Workshops every Wednesday in the Atelier Hauptbau for young adults aged 14 and over.
Open Studio
Workshops every first Sunday of the month. From 0 - 100 years
Macht Platz!
Pop-up libraries and more at various locations in the museum, every first Sunday of the month
YARD
Wednesdays from 6 P.M. art, music and drinks in summer in the courtyard, Hauptbau
Family Day
Every first Sunday in November
Openings
Participation in the exhibition opening is free of charge for everyone.
Children's vernissage
The children's vernissages for children between 4 and 12, which take place parallel to special exhibitions, are a free interactive offer.
Museums Night
Every year on the third Friday of January, free for anyone under 26.
WORKSHOP
11:00–17:00
Offenes Studio Gegenwart
We question our viewing habits! Through peepholes and self-made telescopes, we search the museum rooms and works of art for unusual patterns. Our sketches will be drawn and reproduced in the Studio Gegenwart to create a single work of art, a large tapestry of patterns. Open to all: families, friends, children, young people and adults are welcome. Free of charge without registration.
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Zoom in – Zoom out
Your museum!
Where will the journey take us? To hidden microcosms or to the ends of the earth? We deal with the juxtaposition of near and far and explore familiar and unfamiliar areas. Every Wednesday for young adults aged 14 and over from 5-8 pm. Free participation. No registration required. Meeting point in the Education & Mediation Studio, main building of the Kunstmuseum Basel.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
MACHT PLATZ!
HAUPTBAU
10:00–18:00
Macht Platz!
The art museum makes room for you and adapts to you. Browse through our pop-up libraries, settle in to read or get creative – alone or with others. There are always new open offers popping up in different places in the museum so that you can explore the museum at your own pace. Come by to linger and discover. Participation free of charge.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU Atelier
10:00–16:00
Offenes Atelier: Mein Mini-Magazin!
What moves you, what do you love, what are you a fan of? In the open studio you can design your own little booklet or booklet page by page. booklet or booklet page by page. Equipped with different types of paper, pictures, glue, pens and scissors we will explore the infinite possibilities of so-called zines. At the swap meet at the end of the open studio, we browse through the resulting collection, get into conversation or swap our zines with each other. zines. Open to everyone. Participation free of charge, no registration.
Treffpunkt: Hauptbau | Atelier B&V
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Empowerment
Your museum!
What encourages you? Where do you draw energy to defy challenges? What forces can be unleashed by forming bonds and exchanging ideas in a collective? We go in search of artistic self-empowerment strategies, solidarity among artists and practically explore the interweaving of art and activism. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Participation free of charge, no registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Empowerment
Your museum!
What encourages you? Where do you draw energy to defy challenges? What forces can be unleashed by forming bonds and exchanging ideas in a collective? We go in search of artistic self-empowerment strategies, solidarity among artists and practically explore the interweaving of art and activism. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Participation free of charge, no registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Empowerment
Your museum!
What encourages you? Where do you draw energy to defy challenges? What forces can be unleashed by forming bonds and exchanging ideas in a collective? We go in search of artistic self-empowerment strategies, solidarity among artists and practically explore the interweaving of art and activism. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Participation free of charge, without registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Empowerment
Your museum!
What encourages you? Where do you draw energy to defy challenges? What forces can be unleashed by forming bonds and exchanging ideas in a collective? We go in search of artistic self-empowerment strategies, solidarity among artists and practically explore the interweaving of art and activism. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Participation free of charge, without registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
VERNISSAGE
HAUPTBAU Atelier
18:00–20:00
Children's vernissage: "Paula Rego. Power Games". Fantasy animal worlds
Together we will dive into the mysterious and dark world of artist Paula Rego. Which animal would you most like to transform yourself into? Invent mythical creatures, creatures or heroes for your own re-told fairy tale story! Age: From 4 to 12 years. In collaboration with the Friends of the Kunstmuseum Basel.
VERNISSAGE
NEUBAU Eventfoyer
18:30–21:00
Opening: "Paula Rego. Power Games"
WORKSHOP
11:00–17:00
Offenes Studio Gegenwart: Jetzt komm ich!
Who gets to speak in public and who doesn't? Who writes history and about whom is history written? In this open studio, we will use various monuments to reflect on our own thoughts on these questions. Become a sculpture for a monument or design your own monument for a liberating moment in your life! Open to all: families, friends, children, young people and adults are welcome. Free participation without registration.
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Text, Lyrik, Typografie
Your museum!
Whether writing on canvas or poetry about art - in October, our focus is on the written and spoken word. We write poetry, write and perform in the museum and with the works. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Participation free of charge, without registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
MACHT PLATZ!
HAUPTBAU
10:00–18:00
Macht Platz!
The art museum makes room for you and adapts to you. Browse through our pop-up libraries, settle in to read or get creative – alone or with others. There are always new open offers popping up in different places in the museum so that you can explore the museum at your own pace. Come by to linger and discover. Participation free of charge.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU Atelier
10:00–16:00
Offenes Atelier: Der goldene Herbst
In the open studio, we ring in the fall season and devote ourselves to the trees, which are now changing their clothes! The green gives way and we find more and more shades of red, brown, yellow and gold. Inspired by natural materials, we draw and paint trees of all kinds or experiment with frottage techniques. Together we create a complete work of art from a wide variety of leaves in the form of a colorful treetop. Open to everyone. Free participation without registration.
Treffpunkt: Hauptbau | Atelier B&V
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Text, Lyrik, Typografie
Your museum!
Whether writing on canvas or poetry about art - in October, our focus is on the written and spoken word. We write poetry, write and perform in the museum and with the works. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Participation free of charge, without registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Text, Lyrik, Typografie
Your museum!
Whether writing on canvas or poetry about art - in October, our focus is on the written and spoken word. We write poetry, write and perform in the museum and with the works. Every Wednesday for young adults aged 14 and over from 5-8 pm. Participation free of charge and without registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Text, Lyrik, Typografie
Your museum!
Whether writing on canvas or poetry about art - in October, our focus is on the written and spoken word. We write poetry, write and perform in the museum and with the works. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Free of charge, without registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Text, Lyrik, Typografie
Your museum!
Whether writing on canvas or poetry about art - in October, our focus is on the written and spoken word. We write poetry, write and perform in the museum and with the works. Every Wednesday. Age: From 14 years. Free of charge, without registration.
Treffpunkt: Atelier Bildung & Vermittlung, Hauptbau Kunstmuseum Basel
