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and palaeon tology. Around painted with frescoes from
the corner is the Museum the 16th century, though they
der Kulturen, set in a building are heavily restored. Tours in
crowned with a shim mering many languages, including
fishscale roof that was desig- English, can be arranged
ned by Basel archi tects Herzog through the tourist office.
& de Meuron. This anthro-
pology museum examines t \-=
cultures from around the
EXPERIENCE Northern Switzerland A visitor looking at a from Tikal, the ancient Mayan The district of St Alban takes
world. Among the finest
St Alban
pieces are wooden reliefs
site in Guatemala.
its name from the church of
a former Benedictine mon-
Naturhistorisches
astery founded in the 11th
Museum
century. The canal that runs
"'- ⌂ Augustinergasse
through this attractive dis trict
2 # 10am–5pm Tue–Sun
was used to power the mon-
Papua New Guinean
∑ nmbs.ch
as tery’s mills. One of these,
mask of initiation at the
Museum der Kulturen
Museum der Kulturen
houses a museum of paper,
writing and printing. Visitors
"'- ⌂ Münsterplatz 20
can watch paper being made
# 10am–5pm Tue–Sun
by hand. The Museum für
∑ mkb.ch the Basler Papiermühle, now
e \-= Gegenwartskunst (Museum
Augustinergasse of Contemporary Art), a short
Augustinergasse is a pretty dis tance from the mill, show-
little alley that runs north r ' cases contemporary art.
from Münsterplatz, along Rathaus
the escarpment on the south ⌂ Marktplatz 9 Basler Papiermühle
side of the Rhine. As well as "'- ⌂ St Alban-Tal 37
a Renaissance fountain with a The main feature of Basel’s # 11am–5pm Tue–Fri & Sun,
figure of a basilisk, the street Marktplatz is the eye-catching 1–5pm Sat ∑ papier
contains several fine 14th- and Rathaus, the Gothic town museum.ch
15th-century houses. hall with a bright red façade
The handsome Neo-Classical decorated with allegorical Museum für
building at No 2 houses the figures. The central arcaded Gegenwartskunst
Naturhistorisches Museum, section of the building dates "'- ⌂ St Alban-
which contains an extensive from 1504–21, while the tower Rheinweg 60 # 11am–
collection of miner als, and has and annexe date from the 19th 5pm Tue–Sun ∑ kunst
sec tions devoted to zoology century. The inner courtyard is museumbasel.ch

The brightly painted
façade of Basel's eye-
catching Rathaus
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