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| Fondation Beyeler |
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| Two former art dealers named Hildy and Ernst Beyeler started collecting works of modern masters and this dates back to the 1950s. Their impressive collection was transferred to a foundation in 1982 and since a few years made available to the public in Basel at the Fondation Beyeler. It is composed of around 200 masterpieces from the 19th and 20th century of artists like Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Andy Warhol and Joan Miro to name a few. Every now and then they organise some special theme exhibitions. |
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| Museum of Fine Arts |
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| This museum comprises the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art and focuses on two periods: from 1400 up to 1600 as well as from the 19th to 21st century. In addition it is the world's very first public municipal museum to have opened and its collection includes the world's largest collection of works from the Holbein family. The Museum of Contemporary Art also has prestigious works from artists like Pablo Picasso and Rodin. |
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| Address: St. Alban-Graben 16, 4010 Basel - Phone: 061 206 62 62 - Internet: Museum of Fine Arts |
| Museum Tinguely |
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| Jean Tinguely, born in 1925, grew up in Basel and was a Swiss painter, sculptor and experimental artist. The museum, entirely dedicated to his works, was built by the Swiss architect Mario Botta, and this initself is already worth seeing. Behind that modern museum architecture is hidden the crazy and eccentric works of the master Tinguely. You will find many of his famous kinetic sculptures looking like the work of a mad scientist. |
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| Address: Paul Sacher-Anlage 1, 4002 Basel - Phone: 061 681 93 20 - Internet: Museum Tinguely |
| Natural History Museum |
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| The Natural History Museum of Basel, which has a mission to conserve, explore, communicate and document its collections of natural history, is a great place for anyone who wants to discover and investigate mother nature. It exhibits a very wide range of species such as bears, dinosaurs, fishes, birds, and many many more. Every 2 years it has a special theme, for 2007/2008 it is called Deep Sea. |
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