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    Kunstmuseum Basel

    4.0 (25 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    David F.

    Another cold, rainy November day in Basel motivated us to again seek the warm, dry climes of a nearby museum. The Kunst was an easy tram ride from our hotel and got the nod. The museum is an inviting, pleasurable space to wander through and enjoy the various art exhibits. The displays are exclusively of the modern art variety, with all the pluses and minuses that means depending upon your taste. We lean more towards the traditional and realistic in art so we are not the ideal audience here. However, a number of works caught our fancy and overall it was an enjoyable experience. The gift shop is extensive and we did find some magnets and other souvenirs there.

    Gabriel S.

    Good collection from the 15th century to modern works. The layout is well designed & easy to follow. The collection is limited in geographic representation though: largely Teutonic (with French impressionists). The modern collection is more diverse but still western. They provide chairs to use in the museum, which is nice as it's not a small place.

    Bernadette M.

    Ok. I only wanted to come here because RM from BTS went here. Lols #iykyk But, I do love museums and this houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in Switzerland! We went on a Sunday and it happened to be free. Score! But I believe it's also free on certain week nights and and if you have the Swiss travel pass. It's big as far as size of the building, it's pretty light and airy in there which is nice. It's not filled to the brim with pieces so you can probably walk through it in less than a couple hours if you're not reading and critiquing everything. I have to be honest in that I wish there were more pieces by well known artists I like such as Picasso, Monet, Dali, Renoir, Cezanne and Van Gogh. I think I saw a couple from Renoire, Dali and Picasso? But cool that they were pieces I've never seen before in person. There are a lot more pieces by Swiss artists I was not familiar with but that was fine. There's a lot of those middle age religious paintings which I don't miiiind but there's only so many my eyes can handle looking at. I'll also never understand all the modern pieces like a pipe laying against a wall or a dirty mitten with a balloon hanging out of it? A stack of brown suits laying on the floor. Whaaat. I don't get it. I'm glad I went to this museum and even more so that it was free. Lols But I probably wouldn't go back. So make sure you read about which artists they have there so you don't get disappointed.

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    Kenneth B.

    Basel has a fantastic collection in the Kunstmuseum, seemingly concentrated in paintings - but nothing wrong with that! Lots of great impressionist art, plus classic, modern, other. In fact they sell a book of their masterpieces. Good stuff. On-site cafe and bookstore, including postcards of about a few hundred of their own collection.

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    Good collection of artworks. Different spaces to fit collection. Lighting exhibit was wonderful together with the architecture of the space.

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    The best art (Picasso, Monet, van Gogh, Dali, Tanguy, Renoir, Rembrant, Rousseau and many more) under the one roof.

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    great place with picasso's master pieces

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    Many recognizable pieces from many of the well known masters: Renoir, Klee, Picasso, Manet.

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    Museum Tinguely - Museum Tinguely, Basel

    Museum Tinguely

    4.9(10 reviews)
    1.5 km

    Constant banging, ringing bells, and clattering sounds, the Museum Tinguely features the works of…read moreSwiss artist Jean Tinguely. Famous for kinetic sculptures, some of them are quite small and many are massive complex installations with many moving parts. With anything that moves, they are constantly breaking down. The museum does everything possible to ensure the longest life of these artworks. They do not run constantly, instead there are pedals or buttons to push that will activate the sculptures. It was a quiet and rainy Tuesday afternoon so the museum was not at all busy. This gave me nearly exclusive access to the artworks and the small theatre. I particularly enjoyed the movie showing the falling and crashing fluorescent lights. You can expect to spend at least two hours here. Don't miss the upside-down biplane hanging from the ceiling or the fountain in the courtyard! [Review 21233 overall - 81 in Switzerland - 198 of 2024.]

    This is without a doubt the strangest museum I have ever been to. In Basel we visited Tinguely…read moreFountain. It's a fountain filled with the craziest contraptions that are almost like perpetual motion machines. They're moving iron sculptures that continuously loop through a short range of motion so it looks like they're walking, bobbing, etc. It was intriguing enough to make me want to visit the museum devoted to the works of this artist. If you have a Basel City Pass (which our hotel provided for free) you can use it to get half off of the admission price. I was not prepared for how large the museum was. I was expecting a little place but this museum is enormous! It houses everything from Tinguely's low-tech earlier works (like a moving hammer that keeps smashing a stuffed animal) to huge contraptions. You can even walk inside the machine with a carousel horse attached to it. It was really interesting reading about this artist and how he came to such prominence. With such strange art exhibits it's not a surprise that the layout of this museum is also strange. That's not necessarily a good thing. For some reason the section at the beginning with the majority of printed signs that tell about Tinguely's history isn't air conditioned. There is a roof to provide shade but it still felt like a sauna and was quite uncomfortable. After that you go through some glass doors and the rest of the experience is air conditioned. Why? Also once you wind your way to the innermost part of the museum we were quite surprised to find that you hit a dead end. You have to backtrack all the way back to get out. Really strange design but I guess not surprising. This was a fun visit that definitely gave us something to talk about!

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    Kunstmuseum Luzern

    Kunstmuseum Luzern

    3.7(3 reviews)
    77.9 km

    This is a small and cozy museum really close to the Luzern Bahnhof. Although the collection is…read morepretty limited in size, I didn't encounter any crowds despite there being a ton of people in Luzern this warm Sunday afternoon. You can enjoy your art in peace and they even have an audio guide included in the price of your admission that the friendly receptionists will offer you after you've paid your ticket.

    This art museum is located right next to the Luzern train station, inside of the KKL building's 4th…read morefloor. It's 15francs to get it, unless you qualify for tourist or age related discount. No bags allowed inside, but they provide free lockers, so lock your valuables and leave your stroller outside. There are a mix of old European arts and modern arts, a small drawing station for the kids you can post on the wall afterwards. There was a room with a single, double, and triple swing! The little kid in me had so much fun playing on the swing. Most importantly, this is one of the few places in Switzerland that actually has AC!!! So if the heat wave hits, and you need to cool off, come here! Took one star from them because there was a military related tent displaying old documentary, except the display has fresh red paint that's not dry. While I really didn't read the wet paint sign, I don't think you should put it on display until it's dry. It was a piece of cloth that can be moved after it's dried...

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