Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum
Basel Historical Museum
Kunsthalle Basel
Swiss Architecture Museum
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The Echoes of Time: A Cultural Odyssey Through Basel

Ryan Multilingual

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Ryan Multilingual

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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2 hours

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11.71 km

Distance

20

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Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum
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Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum

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
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Basel Historical Museum

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
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Kunsthalle Basel

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
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Swiss Architecture Museum

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
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Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection

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.

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Basel Badischer Bahnhof
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Basel Badischer Bahnhof

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
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Museum Tinguely

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
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Basel Paper Mill

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
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Museum of Contemporary Art

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
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Kunstmuseum Basel

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.

Basel Minster
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Basel Minster

Catholic cathedral and today a Reformed Protestant church, featuring Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles. Its red sandstone architecture, colored roof tiles, and two slim towers make it a prominent landmark in the city.

Museum of Cultures
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Museum of Cultures

A museum of ethnography that showcases a vast collection of artifacts, especially from Europe, the South Pacific, Mesoamerica, Tibet, and Bali, with a focus on promoting intercultural dialog and understanding.

Natural History Museum of Basel
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Natural History Museum of Basel

A natural history museum housing a wide-ranging collection of over 11 million objects, covering zoology, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology, osteology, and paleontology, and featuring exhibits on mummies and skeletons.

Mittlere Brücke
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Mittlere Brücke

A stone bridge in Basel, the Mittlere Brücke is the oldest existing bridge site across the Rhine, connecting Lake Constance and the North Sea.

Basel Town Hall
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Basel Town Hall

A 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel, housing the meetings of the Cantonal Parliament and Cantonal Government of the canton of Basel-Stadt.

Pharmaziemuseum Universität Basel
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Pharmaziemuseum Universität Basel

A museum showcasing the history of medicinal remedies and their preparation, featuring ancient apothecary vessels, obsolete drugs, and other historical pharmaceutical artifacts.

Gate of Spalen
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Gate of Spalen

A magnificent and impressive city gate, the Spalentor, dates back to 1356 and is one of the three remaining original gates of Basel's ancient city walls, featuring a square main tower flanked by two round towers.

Basel Zoo
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Basel Zoo

Switzerland's oldest and largest zoo, home to over 1.8 million animals from 480 species. The aquarium, also known as Vivarium, features a variety of fish, reptiles, amphibians, and penguins.

Basel SNCF railway station
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Basel SNCF railway station

A border train station connecting Switzerland to France, serving as a terminal for regional trains and international TGV services.

Basel SBB railway station
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Basel SBB railway station

A junction station and central railway station in Basel, Switzerland, opened in 1854 and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, making it Europe's busiest international border station.

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Narrated by Jenny Multilingual, specializing in general tourism

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