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Kunstmuseum (Fine Arts Museum) Frommer's Exceptional

St. Alban-Graben 16, Basel

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Hours Tues-Sun 10am-5pm
Transportation Tram: 2 or 15
Phone 061/206-62-62
Web site www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch
Prices Admission 12F adults, 10F seniors and children 6-16

Review of Kunstmuseum (Fine Arts Museum)

This is the oldest museum in Switzerland, offering one of Europe's most remarkable collections -- everything from the old masters to 20th-century paintings. You approach the massive building through a courtyard graced with sculptures by Rodin, Calder, and others. The collections represent the development of art of the Upper Rhine Valley from the 14th to the 17th centuries, as well as works by outstanding modern artists.

In addition to paintings by Holbein the Younger (who lived in Basel 1515-38) and Konrad Witz, the Kunstmuseum has a collection of Impressionist and modern art, including works by van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin, Klee, Chagall, and Giacometti.

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