Natural History Museum of Basel

Natural History Museum of Basel
View of the museum.

With a heritage dating back over 300 years, the Natural History Museum of Basel (German: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) in Basel, Switzerland, houses wide-ranging collections primarily focused on the fields of zoology, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology, osteology and paleontology. Its mission is to expand, conserve, explore, document and communicate the over 7.7 million objects in its holdings, which are conceived as an “Archive of Life”. It regularly presents special exhibitions on current topics, offers special events, guided tours and excursions and contributes to various national and international research projects.

The museum is a heritage site of national significance.[1]

References

See also

External links

Coordinates: 47°33′27″N 7°35′26″E / 47.5575°N 7.59056°E / 47.5575; 7.59056


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of natural history museums — Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Botswana 1.2 Canary Islands 1.3 Egypt …   Wikipedia

  • Basel — Basilia redirects here. For the fly genus, see Basilia (fly). Infobox Swiss town subject name = Basel municipality name = Basel municipality type = municipality imagepath coa = Bale coat of arms.svg|pixel coa= languages = German canton = Basel… …   Wikipedia

  • Museum of Cultures Basel — The Museum of Cultures Basel (German: Museum der Kulturen Basel) is a Swiss museum of ethnography with large and important collections of artifacts, especially from Europe, the South Pacific, Mesoamerica, Tibet, and Bali. It …   Wikipedia

  • Museum — For other uses, see Museum (disambiguation). The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world …   Wikipedia

  • History of the Swiss Air Force — The history of the Swiss Air Force began in 1914 with the establishment of an ad hoc force consisting of a handful of men in outdated and largely civilian aircraft. It was only in the 1930s that an effective air force was established at great… …   Wikipedia

  • Museums in Basel — Directional signs for Basel area museums. The Basel museums encompass a series of museums in the city of Basel, Switzerland, and the neighboring region. They represent a broad spectrum of collections with a marked concentration in the fine arts… …   Wikipedia

  • Naturhistorisches Museum — Folgende Naturkundemuseen tragen den Titel Naturhistorisches Museum: (alphabetisch geordnet) Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz 2 Europa 3 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika 4 Weitere Museen // …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • History of Western typography — Contemporary typographers view typography as craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The basic elements of typography are at least as old as… …   Wikipedia

  • museums, history of — Introduction       history of the institutions that preserve and interpret the material evidence of the human race, human activity, and the natural world. As such, museums have a long history, springing from what may be an innate human desire to… …   Universalium

  • Art history — is the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and look. [ [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=art%20history Art History] . WordNet Search 3.0, princeton.edu]… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”