Top rated Museums in Basel, Switzerland to elevate your visit (Updated January, 2024)

Top rated Museums in Basel

Experience the best that Basel has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 21 places from Museum category.

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Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger I KBH.G

Cultural center

👍👍 Must go! Right in the center of Basel. Unique cultural foundation- Art gallery!

4.80 (64 reviews) (~0.59 km from centre)

Basel Paper Mill

Museum

Papermaking & printing museum in a medieval mill, with hands-on workshops where visitors make paper.

4.70 (1.3K reviews) (~1.23 km from centre)

Fine Arts Museum Basel | New Building

Museum

👍👍 I wasn't expecting to see that many good pieces of classic and modern art together. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to enjoy fine arts.

4.70 (185 reviews) (~0.67 km from centre)

Hoosesaggmuseum

Museum

👍👍 The smallest museum is located almost in the historic center of Basel, the street leads down to the town hall on the market square. The exhibits in the museum change every few months. One is more interesting than the other! It's great to see the details and design. Recommend visiting with children!

4.70 (36 reviews) (~0.15 km from centre)

Fine Arts Museum Basel

Art museum

Works by Holbein & other artists in the region from 1400–1600 & in the 19th & 21st centuries.

4.60 (3.9K reviews) (~0.66 km from centre)

Museum of Natural History Basel

Natural history museum

Museum with natural history exhibits ranging from zoology to paleontology, plus events & a shop.

4.60 (2K reviews) (~0.2 km from centre)

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Archaeological museum

Collections of decorative Ancient Greek, Egyptian, Roman & Etruscan art in an elegant townhouse.

4.60 (493 reviews) (~0.58 km from centre)

Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel

Museum

Old laboratory utensils & alchemy artifacts on display in pharmacy museum in 15th-century house.

4.60 (337 reviews) (~0.14 km from centre)

Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum

History museum

Instruments from the 16th to the 20th centuries are displayed at this museum of music history.

4.60 (156 reviews) (~0.36 km from centre)

Museum Tinguely

Art museum

Permanent display of the works of Jean Tinguely, plus temporary exhibitions of other modern artists.

4.50 (2.2K reviews) (~1.84 km from centre)

Toy Worlds Museum Basel

Toy museum

Museum with a vast collection of doll, teddy bear & miniature toy exhibits displayed over 4 floors.

4.50 (1.2K reviews) (~0.47 km from centre)

Museum of Cultures Basel

Ethnographic museum

Ethnographic museum, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, showing global artifacts & special exhibitions.

4.50 (497 reviews) (~0.25 km from centre)

Anatomical Museum of the University of Basel

Museum

Offbeat university museum exhibiting a wide range of human organs, tissue specimens & skeletons.

4.50 (393 reviews) (~0.98 km from centre)

Museum Kleines Klingental

Museum

👍👍 In 1274 twelve Dominicans settled in Kleinbasel, who had come to Basel from Alsace via the Black Forest. The name of the monastery comes from the patron of the nun community, the minstrel and knight Walther von Klingen. The monastery buildings were built in a separate monastery district on the bank...

4.50 (129 reviews) (~0.46 km from centre)

Wonderful World of Mechanical Music

Museum

👍👍 Friendly little museum for jukeboxes. Peter Rohrer makes the collection from all stylistic eras, compiled with a lot of love and expertise, accessible to the public and takes visitors into another world for a moment.

4.50 (31 reviews) (~0.67 km from centre)

Skulpturhalle Basel

Museum

Art museum with 2000+ replicas of ancient sculptures, including those from the Parthenon in Athens.

4.40 (59 reviews) (~0.69 km from centre)

Labyrinthplatz Basel

Tourist attraction

👍👍 From up here you have a beautiful view over Basel.

4.40 (48 reviews) (~0.3 km from centre)

Caricature & Cartoon Museum Basel

Museum

Art gallery in a Gothic building, showing political cartoons & caricatures plus themed exhibitions.

4.30 (314 reviews) (~0.76 km from centre)

Jewish Museum of Switzerland

Museum

😠 Racism Racism Racism The second we went there, not even next to the door, a man came to us said he was the security (he didnt look like it not professional at all) and asked private questions just because we are arab looking He asked 1. Why are u here 2. How did u hear about it 3. How long r u sta...

4.30 (100 reviews) (~0.38 km from centre)

Feuerwehrmuseum Basel

Museum

👍 Large, beautiful museum in Basel. Fire brigade from the past to today, medical services and the Rhine fire brigade. Very good and instructive exhibition. Vehicles, equipment, uniforms and tools, top 😎

4.20 (37 reviews) (~0.36 km from centre)

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