Cartoonmuseum Basel
Centre for Narrative Art

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

Rebuilding of the exhibitions

  • Monday, 16.11. to Friday, 27.11.2026, closed
  • Monday, 8.3. to Friday, 19.3.2027 closed
  • Monday, 21.6. to Friday, 2.7.2027 closed
  • Monday, 15.11. to Friday, 26.11.2027 closed

Christmas

  • Thursday, 24.12.2026, closed
  • Friday, 25.12.2026, closed
  • Saturday, 26.12.2026, 11am–5pm

New Year

  • Thursday, 31.12.2026, closed
  • Friday, 1.1.2027, closed

Museums Night

  • Friday, 22.1.2027, 6pm–2am

Carnival (15.–17.2.2027)

  • Tuesday, 16.2.2027 closed
  • Wednesday, 17.2.2027 closed

Rebuilding of the Exhibition

  • Monday, 8.3. to Friday, 19.3.2027 closed

Easter

  • Good Friday, 26.3.2027, closed
  • Saturday, 27.3.2027, 11am–5pm
  • Easter Sunday, 28.3.2027, 11am–5pm
  • Easter Monday, 29.3.2027, 11am–5pm

Labour Day

  • Saturday, 1.5.2027, 11am–5pm

Ascension Day

  • Thursday, 6.5.2027, 11am–5pm

Whitsun

  • Whit Sunday, 16.5.2027, 11am–5pm
  • Whit Monday, 17.5.2027, 11am–5pm

Rebuilding of the Exhibition

  • Monday, 21.6. to Friday, 2.7.2027 closed

Swiss National Day

  • Sunday, 1.8.2027, 11am–5pm

Rebuilding of the Exhibition

  • Monday, 15.11. to Friday, 26.11.2027 closed

Christmas

  • Friday, 24.12.2027, closed
  • Saturday, 25.12.2027, closed
  • Sunday, 26.12.2027, 11am–5pm

New Year

  • Friday, 31.12.2027, closed
  • Saturday, 1.1.2028, 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.

Please register your visit in advance (info@cartoonmuseum.ch).

Location

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