Schaulager

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    Ruchfeldstrasse 19, Münchenstein, SE of Grossbasel
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    061 335 32 32
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Lonely Planet review

There's an asymmetrical gatehouse to the Schaulager and a huge video screen on the front façade giving you a foretaste of the rolling temporary exhibitions in the angled, generously sized interior. Open to the public in summer only, the gallery welcomes artists, museum workers and teachers throughout the year.

It's the latest hometown construction by celebrity architectural duo Herzog & de Meuron, and it evinces a kind of 'stone-age minimalism', with the sharply cornered and otherwise white gallery partly rendered in earth dug out from around the foundations.