Visit

Prices

Adults

  • CHF 14.–

Entitled to IV
Students (under 25 years)

  • CHF 7.–

Children under 11 years

  • free

Museums-Pass-Musée, Swiss Museum Pass, Raiffeisen card, VMS/AMS, ICOM, Colour Key, Protection seekers

  • free

You can also purchase different museum passes directly in our shop.

Opening hours

Tuesday–Sunday
11–17 pm

Special opening hours

Christmas 2024

  • 24.12.2024 closed
  • 25.12.2024 closed
  • 26.12.2024 open

New Year 2025

  • 31.12.2024 closed
  • 1.1.2025 closed

Museums Night

  • 17.1.2025, 6pm–2am

Rebuilding of the exhibitions

  • Monday, 10.3. to Thursday, 20.3.2025 closed
  • Monday, 23.6. to Thursday, 3.7.2025 closed
  • Monday, 27.10. to Thursday, 6.11.2025 closed

Eastern

  • 18.4.2025, closed
  • 19.4.2025, 11am—5pm
  • 20.4.2025, 11am—5pm
  • 21.4.2025, 11am—5pm

Labour Day

  • 1.5.2025, 11am–5pm

Ascension Day

  • 29.5.2025, 11am–5pm

Whitsun

  • 8.6.2025, 11am–5pm
  • 9.6.2025, 11am–5pm

Rebuilding of the exhibition

  • Monday, 23.6. to Thursday, 3.7.2025 closed

Swiss National Day

  • 1.8.2025, 11am–5pm

Rebuilding of the exhibition

  • Monday, 27.10. to Thursday, 6.11.2025 closed

Christmas

  • 24.12.2025 closed
  • 25.12.2025 closed
  • 26.12.2025, 11am–5pm

New Year

  • 31.12.2025 closed
  • 1.1.2026 closed


For school classes and groups who would like a guided tour, the museum can also be opened outside normal opening hours by prior arrangement.

Wheelchair access

The museum has no lift, so only its ground floor is wheelchair-accessible.

Location

Cartoonmuseum Basel is located near the banks of the Rhine, on the Grossbasel side, exactly halfway between Kunstmuseum Basel’s Hauptbau and Gegenwart.