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.
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
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Art Basel Special
Join us for a walking tour of the city to explore the artworks of the Art Basel Parcours. Meeting point: Hauptbau courtyard. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Contrasts
Do opposites attract? In the collection, we explore and discuss surprising compositions and daring combinations together. Afterward, we experiment in the studio with variations in colors, materials, compositions, and themes. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
10:00–18:00
Macht Platz!
The Kunstmuseum makes room for you with interactive zones, pop-up libraries, and play areas. Come by to linger and discover. No meeting point. Participation free of charge
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
10:00–16:00
Open studio: Buttons and banners
To mark the Queer Festival, the Kunstmuseum is opening its studio and inviting everyone to come get in the mood for the parade together. Design a protest sign in all the colors of the rainbow or show your solidarity with a button you’ve made yourself. In cooperation with “Basel tickt bunt!” Open to all. Participation free of charge, no registration required.
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
10:00–18:00
Macht Platz!
The Kunstmuseum makes room for you with interactive zones, pop-up libraries, and play areas. Come by to linger and discover. No meeting point. Participation free of charge
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
10:00–18:00
Macht Platz!
The Kunstmuseum makes room for you with interactive zones, pop-up libraries, and play areas. Come by to linger and discover. No meeting point. Participation free of charge
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
10:00–16:00
Open studio: On Worrying and Letting Go
This July, we invite you to confront your own fears. Write down whatever is weighing on your mind, or protect yourself from dark thoughts with a talisman you design yourself. Using wire, wool, and scraps of paper, we’ll also make little worry dolls that we can confide in and that will take our worries away. Participation free of charge, no registration required.
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: Landscape
From brown moorlands and mountain panoramas to idyllic jungle scenes and sun-baked steppes. In July, we’ll explore the appeal of landscape painting, using drawing, painting, photography, and much more. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
10:00–18:00
Macht Platz!
The Kunstmuseum makes room for you with interactive zones, pop-up libraries, and play areas. Come by to linger and discover. No meeting point. Participation free of charge
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
10:00–16:00
Open studio: Insides
Inspired by the current exhibitions, the Open Studio invites you to creatively explore your inner world: What colors do your memories take on? What forms do your wishes take? Using a variety of materials, we create personal visual worlds that blend intuition, expression, and experimentation. An open space for perception, creation, and sharing. Open to everyone. Free admission; no registration required. Participation free of charge, no registration required.
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00
Mitmach-Mittwoch: The thing is…
Whether it’s a grain of sand, an apple, a house, or a planet: what matters is the form in which the world takes shape—and the art, the hope, of being able to capture that form. Together, we’ll explore a wide variety of representations of figurative art. Every Wednesday. Ages 14 and up. Participation free of charge, no registration required
VERNISSAGE
NEUBAU
18:30–21:00
Vernissage: "Van Gogh, Hodler and a Cabriolet. The Collector and Pioneer Gertrud Dübi-Müller"
You are invited to the opening of the exhibition "Van Gogh, Hodler and a Cabriolet. The Collector and Pioneer Gertrud Dübi-Müller". Participation free of charge
