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

Christmas

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

New Year

  • 31.12.2025, closed
  • 1.1.2026, closed

Rebuilding of the exhibitions

  • Monday, 16.3. to Friday, 27.3.2026, closed
  • Monday, 22.6. to Friday, 3.7.2026, closed
  • Monday, 16.11. to Friday, 27.11.2026, closed

New Year

  • Thursday, 1.1.2026, closed

Museums Night

  • Friday, 23.1.2026, 6pm–2am

Shrove Tuesday (23.–25.2.2026)

  • Tuesday, 24.2.2026, closed
  • Wednesday, 25.2.2026, closed

Rebuilding of the Exhibition

  • Monday, 16.3. to Friday, 27.3.2026, closed

Easter

  • Good Friday, 3.4.2026, closed
  • Saturday, 4.4.2026, 11am–5pm
  • Easter Sunday 5.4.2026, 11am–5pm
  • Easter Monday 6.4.2026, 11am–5pm

Labour Day

  • Friday, 1.5.2026, 11am–5pm

Ascension Day

  • Thursday, 14.5.2026, 11am–5pm

Whitsun

  • Whit Sunday, 24.5.2026, 11am–5pm
  • Whit Monday, 25.5.2026, 11am–5pm

Rebuilding of the Exhibition

  • Monday, 22.6. to Friday, 3.7.2026, closed

Swiss National Day

  • Saturday, 1.8.2026, 11am–5pm

Rebuilding of the Exhibition

  • Monday, 16.11. to Friday, 27.11.2026, 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

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.