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Puppenhausmuseum
Basel’s Puppenhausmuseum attracts teddy-bear fans from all over the place. Indeed, the museum claims to have the world’s biggest collection of teddy bears. There are doll’s houses galore too.
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Vitra Design Museum
Pop across the German border to the Vitra Design Museum. Not only is the main museum building by the Guggenheim’s creator, Frank Gehry, the surrounding factory complex of famous furniture manufacturer Vitra comprises buildings by other cutting-edge architects, such as Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid and Álvaro Siza. Exhibitions cover all aspects of interior design. Catch bus 55 from Claraplatz in Kleinbasel (30 minutes) to the Vitra stop. Border checks are theoretically possible, so take your passport.
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Historisches Museum Basel
One of the most wide-ranging sight in the city, the collections of the Historisches Museum Basel include pre-Christian-era archaeological finds, a collection of religious objects from the cathedral and plenty of material documenting the city’s development. It is housed in the former Barfüsserkirche (the Barefooted Ones Church, after the barefoot Franciscan friars who founded it in the 14th century). Highlights include the fine 16th-century choir stall and 15th-century tapestries.
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Papiermuseum
Papiermuseum is set astride a medieval canal and complete with functioning waterwheel, it evokes centuries past, in which a dozen mills operated here. This one produced paper for centuries and its museum explores that story. Just to the east stands a stretch of the old city wall.
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Galerie Beyeler
The original Galerie Beyeler is worth dropping in to. You never know what you might find in their temporary exhibitions. Take a look at their website to see the impressive roll-call of artists handled by the Beyelers.
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Antikenmuseum Basel
The Antikenmuseum Basel contains the country’s most impressive collection of ancient artefacts, largely running from Egyptian to Roman times.
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Haus zum Kirschgarten
The star item of the Haus zum Kirschgarten is a collection of fine Meissen porcelain.
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Kutschenmuseum
The Kutschenmuseum houses 19th- and 20th- century carriages, sleighs and dog carts.
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