Basel - Museum of Art 



(Local Name: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung) From the Basle Minster, Rittergasse, lined by handsome Rococo houses, runs southeast into St-Alban-Graben. At the corner of Dufourstrasse in a building designed by R. Christ and P. Bonatz (1932-36), is the Basle Public Art Collection or Museum of Art (Kunstmuseum), which contains the finest collection of pictures in Switzerland, including both old masters and modern art, and also a Print Cabinet.
Hobbies & Activities category: Significant work of art; Paintings, art collections; Modern art; Major world-scale museum
Attractions within Museum of Art
Old Masters
On the first floor are the old masters, from Konrad Witz to Holbein the Younger (both well presented), and a collection of French and Dutch pictures presented by Professor Bachofen.
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Museum of Art - modern art
The second floor houses an outstanding collection of 19th and 20th C. art, including Impressionists, Expressionists and Surrealists (Gauguin, Van Gogh, Corot, Corinth, Cézanne, Braque, Kokoschka,
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| New Year's Day (January 1) Mardi Gras - Shrove Tuesday - Christian Good Friday - Christian May Day / Labor Day (May 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) | ||||||||
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
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