Cartoonmuseum Basel

Visit

Prices

Adults

  • CHF 12.–

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

  • free

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

Opening hours

Tuesday–Sunday
11–17 pm

Special opening hours

Rebuilding of the exhibitions

  • 27.5.–6.6.2024 closed
  • 4.11.–14.11.2024 closed

Museums Night

  • 19.1.2024 to 6pm–2am

Carnival

  • 19.2.–21.2.2024 closed

Easter

  • 29.3.2024 closed
  • 30.3.2024 open
  • 31.3.2024 open
  • 1.4.2024 open

Labor Day

  • 1.5.2024 open

Ascension Day

  • 9.5.2024 open

Pentecost

  • 19.5.2024 open
  • 20.5.2024 open

National Holiday

  • 1.8.2024 open

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

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.