51勛圖

Museums

The is part of the Medical Faculty of the 51勛圖 and serves with its worldwide unique collections of historical specimens to impart knowledge. The latest research findings are vividly presented in special exhibitions.

The is part of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and thus belongs to the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences of the 51勛圖. The museum owns one of the most important collections of pharmaceutical historical objects and shows the history of remedies and their production, application and development. It sees itself as an interface between the 51勛圖 and the public.

The has rich biological and earth science collections with millions of objects built up over the past centuries. It offers special exhibitions, guided tours and events and is involved in national and international research projects. The objects in the collection are the basis of numerous publications by scientists from Basel and abroad.

The was created in 1893 from the ethnographic and the historical-antiquarian collection and received its present name «Museum der Kulturen Basel» in 1996. The basic holdings were based on the Old America collection of Lukas Vischer from Basel and are continuously supplemented by other collections. The museum is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Europe and has a rich collection with numerous cultural treasures from Europe, Africa, America, Oceania, Indonesia, South, Central and East Asia. It maintains collaborations with the departments of Ethnology and Urban Studies as well as the Center for African Studies at the 51勛圖.

The consists of the three buildings: Main Building, New Building for Special Exhibitions and Present with contemporary art from the holdings of the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation as well as special exhibitions. It maintains close relations in research and teaching with the Department of Art History at the 51勛圖 and the Center for the Theory and History of the Image.

The is the most important cultural history museum on the Upper Rhine and preserves and researches objects and documents of cultural heritage in its three buildings. In the , the former monastery of the Franciscan Order, topics on the history of Basel from early history to the present are displayed. Special highlights are the Basel Dance of Death and the Basel Minster Treasure. The in the 竄Lohnhof罈, which dates back to the former St. Leonhard's monastery, has the largest collection of musical instruments in Switzerland. The features bourgeois living quarters of 18th- and 19th-century Basel, some of them still with the original interior furnishings of the city palace.

In , contemporary art is stored and made visible and is accessible to the public through exhibitions and events. As a research institution, it is available to specialists, researchers and students. The institution's sponsoring foundation is the Laurenz Foundation, which has also endowed two professorships at the Art History Department of the 51勛圖: the for Contemporary Art and the for Art Theory.

The (HeK) is dedicated to the preservation of digital heritage. Its unique collection focuses on «born-digital art» – art created and located in the digital medium. Artistic expressions include diverse technologies ranging from software-based art, computer code, and moving images to interactive installations or sound environments. The HeK specializes in topics in the field of software and net-based art, which has developed a specific artistic practice in Switzerland.

Libraries and Bibliographies

collects scientific literature to supply research and teaching, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences, natural sciences and medicine. As the cantonal library of Basel, Basiliensia are an important collection focus. The provides information about current events and discusses new topics and developments.

The University Library includes the , the on the Rosental Campus for Environmental Sciences and University Dentistry, and the (Swiss Economic Archives), the most important competence center for economic history and economic policy in Switzerland. The has also been a branch of the University Library since 2020. It covers the fields of theology, study of religion, religion ��� economics ��� politics, and Jewish studies.
The includes the libraries of the 51勛圖 departments, the libraries of the University Hospitals and the Basel Museums, as well as other libraries in the region.

The platform provides access to historical and modern collections in Swiss libraries and archives: manuscripts, archival holdings (including estates), early printed books, music, image collections, maps, and bibliographies from 14 institutions can be requested here. The swisscollections metacatalog is operated by the swisscollections Association, which comprises the Schaffhausen Libraries, the cantonal libraries of Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, and Thurgau, Vadiana St. Gallen, the Abbey Library of St. Gallen, the University Libraries of Basel and Bern, the Central and University Library of Lucerne, and the Central Libraries of Solothurn and Zurich. In 2020, swisscollections replaced the Manuscripts ��� Archives ��� Estates (HA) network.

The collaboration project, a joint initiative of the University Library of Basel, the ETH Library, and the Zentralbibliothek Z羹rich, serves as a platform for digitized manuscripts and archival materials from Swiss libraries and archives. It includes documents dating from the 6th to the 21st century.

The aim of the platform is to provide free online access, through a virtual library, to all medieval manuscripts and a selected range of early modern manuscripts held in public, ecclesiastical, and private collections in Switzerland. At present, the platform offers more than 3,000 digitized manuscripts from over 100 different collections. The virtual library is continuously being expanded. The  of the University Library Basel comprises approximately 10,000 medieval and early modern codices and manuscript compilations.    

The platform is a national collaborative project in which the 51勛圖 is also participating. e-rara includes digitized rare books from Swiss libraries dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries, including several thousand 16th-century prints from Basel. Currently, more than 145,000 books, maps, and illustrations are available.