How to get there
Since May 18, 2020, the St. Alban-Graben is closed to traffic due to the construction site for the "Parking Kunstmuseum". The Wettsteinbrücke can be reached via Aeschenplatz. The tram stop "Kunstmuseum" is closed until further notice.
The Kunstmuseum Basel consists of three venues in the heart of Basel: Hauptbau and Neubau are located on St. Alban-Graben in the city center; the Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart on St. Alban-Rheinweg is a ten-minute walk away.
Kunstmuseum Basel | Hauptbau & Neubau
by Public Transportation
from Bahnhof SBB
Tram no. 2 in the direction of «Eglisee/Badischer Bahnhof» to «Bankverein» (approx. 4 min.)
from Badischer Bahnhof
Tram no. 2 in the direction of «Binningen» to the stop «Bankverein» (approx. 6 min.)
From EuroAirport Basel / Mulhouse / Freiburg
Bus no. 50 to «Bahnhof SBB», Tram no. 2 in the direction of «Riehen» to «Bankverein»
By car
Please use parking garages. Please use parking garages. There is no street-side parking near the museum.
From Switzerland (A2 / A3)
Exit «Basel City» and follow directions to Heuwaage / Parkhaus Elisabethen. The museum is a five-minute walk, or take the tram to «Bankverein».
From Germany
Use parking garages «Messe Basel» or «Badischer Bahnhof», then take tram no. 2 in the direction of «Binningen» to «Bankverein» (approx. 6 min.).
Tram no. 2 in the direction of «Binningen» to «Bankverein» (approx. 6 min.)
Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart
Walking from the Kunstmuseum Basel | Hauptbau
Follow the signage: › St. Alban-Vorstadt › Mühlenberg › St. Alban-Rheinweg Nr. 60 (approx. 10 min.)
by Public Transportation
from Bahnhof SBB
Tram no. 2 in the direction of «Eglisee/Badischer Bahnhof» to «Bankverein» (approx. 4 min.)
› Then follow the signage: › St. Alban-Vorstadt › Mühlenberg › St. Alban-Rheinweg Nr. 60 (approx. 10 min.)
from Badischer Bahnhof
Tram no. 2 in the direction of «Binningen» to «Bankverein» (approx. 6 min.)
› Then follow the signage: › St. Alban-Vorstadt › Mühlenberg › St. Alban-Rheinweg Nr. 60 (approx. 10 min.)
From EuroAirport Basel / Mulhouse / Freiburg
Bus no. 50 to «Bahnhof SBB», Tram no. 2 in the direction of «Riehen» to «Bankverein»
› Then follow the signage: › St. Alban-Vorstadt › Mühlenberg › St. Alban-Rheinweg Nr. 60 (approx. 10 min.)
By car
Please use parking garages. There is no street-side parking near the museum.
From Switzerland (A2 / A3)
Exit «Basel City» and follow directions to Heuwaage / Parkhaus Elisabethen. The museum is a five-minute walk, or take the tram to «Bankverein».
› Then follow the signage: › St. Alban-Vorstadt bis Kunstmuseum Basel | Hauptbau / Neubau › St. Alban-Vorstadt › Mühlenberg › St. Alban-Rheinweg Nr. 60 (approx. 10 min.)
from Germany
Use parking garages «Messe Basel» or «Badischer Bahnhof», then take tram no. 2 in the direction of «Binningen» to «Bankverein» (approx. 6 min.).
› Then follow the signage: › St. Alban-Vorstadt › Mühlenberg › St. Alban-Rheinweg Nr. 60 (approx. 10 min.)
