Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection

WALKING TOUR ⭐️ PREMIUM AUDIO TOUR

The Echoes of Time: A Cultural Odyssey Through Basel

An audio guided tour by Ryan Multilingual, The Tourist

Welcome to Basel! On this GPS guided audio tour, we will visit 20 stops on a route of 11.71km. This tour focusses mainly on general tourism.

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Tour Sights 📸

Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum

Sight A museum housing the country's largest collection of musical instruments, showcasing five centuries of music history with three areas of emphasis: music-making in Basel, concerts, choral music, and dance; and parades, festivals, and signals.

Basel Historical Museum

Sight A memory institution, the Basel Historical Museum showcases more than five centuries of European music history across 21 exhibition rooms, featuring instruments, concerts, and ceremonies.

Kunsthalle Basel

Art Museum A contemporary art gallery, Kunsthalle Basel is Switzerland's oldest and most active institution for modern art, established in 1872 and located next to the city's theatre.

Swiss Architecture Museum

Sight A museum showcasing architectural exhibitions, events, and publications, with over 170 exhibitions held since its foundation. It promotes international debates on architecture, urban development, and socio-political aspects, with its premises situated within the Kunsthalle Basel.

Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection

Sight A museum of ancient art, the Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection showcases art from ancient civilizations from the 4th millennium BC to the 7th century AD, featuring Greek vases, sculptures, Ancient Egyptian pieces, and more.

Basel Badischer Bahnhof

Sight A railway station located in Basel, Switzerland, serving as a hub for regional and long-distance trains. It's a unique station due to its location within the EU Customs Union of Germany, with German rules applying to rail traffic and infrastructure.

Museum Tinguely

Sight A museum showcasing the works of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely, featuring a permanent exhibition of his kinetic sculptures, illustrations, and documents, as well as temporary exhibitions of works by his contemporaries and other modern artists.

Basel Paper Mill

Sight A technology museum dedicated to papermaking, book printing, and writing, featuring ancient artisanal techniques through exhibits of pictures and objects in a 500-year-old restored paper mill.

Museum of Contemporary Art

Sight A museum exclusively dedicated to contemporary art from the 1960s to the present, featuring works by renowned artists such as Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, and Jeff Wall, with a focus on painting, sculpture, and video art.

Kunstmuseum Basel

Sight A memory institution and the oldest public art collection in the world, the Kunstmuseum Basel houses an impressive collection of art spanning from the 15th century to the present day.