Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Virtueller Rundgang «Übermensch – Friedrich Nietzsche und die Folgen»
Permanent exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Today: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
16 October 2019 - 23 February 2020
«God is dead!» Thus spake Nietzsche as early as 1882, whereupon he had to grapple with the questions to which his prophetic declaration gave rise, specifically that of a new morality and how life might still be made meaningful even without religion. Nietzsche’s controversial ideas are more topical than ever at a time when 45 per cent of all residents of Canton Basel-Stadt have no religious affiliations at all.
This exhibition in honour of the 175th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of his appointment to the Chair of Classical Philology at Basel University will offer visitors an insight into the turbulent life and ground-breaking ideas of the most influential and most radical philosopher of modernity. The repercussions of his thinking on philosophy, science and pop culture can be felt to this day, as this exhibition will demonstrate.
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
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Barfüsserplatz 7, 4051 Basel
Opening Hours
01 May 2024: Closed
09 May 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
19 May 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
20 May 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
01 August 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
24 December 2024: Closed
25 December 2024: Closed
26 December 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
27 December 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
28 December 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
29 December 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
30 December 2024: Closed
31 December 2024: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
01 January 2025: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Institution
The Basel Historical Museum with its three sites is widely regarded as the most important museum of cultural history on the Upper Rhine. It collects, conserves, records and researches objects and artefacts of relevance to our cultural heritage for future generations, tells visitors the story of Basel, and is a place for discourse and engagement with both present and future.
The Basel Historical Museum, housed in the Barfüsserkirche since 1894, shows selected aspects of the history of Basel from prehistoric times to the present. The focus of the exhibits from the pre-Reformation period is on sacred works of art such as the Basel Dance of Death and Basel Cathedral Treasury. The exhibition in the basement, headed “Understanding the World”, comprises a magnificent array of medieval tapestries with their fantasy worlds and scenes of real life, the Renaissance and Baroque collections, now grouped together in one “Great Cabinet of Curiosities”, and Basel’s rich archaeological heritage. Among the other highlights are the coin cabinet and the Burgundian Booty.
Admission
colourkey Free admission
Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission
Swiss Museum Pass Free admission
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Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Permanent exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
Permanent exhibition
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
from 23 March 2018
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
12 May 2024 | 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
22 May 2024 | 12.30 PM - 1.15 PM
Historisches Museum Basel – Barfüsserkirche
from 22 June 2019
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29 June 2022 - 31 October 2025
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26 October 2023 - 30 June 2024