Basel Museums Night – The path to the beyond

The path to the beyond is anything but dead serious. Discover colourful rituals, create glowing birds and shadowy figures.

Make your own shadow theatre
18.00 – 02.00
Let your shadow dance with ghosts, zombies and vampires. We provide the lighting, stage and props.
Museum courtyard

Famous last words: Who said it?
18.00 – 02.00
Memorable quotes on the path to the beyond
Light projection in the museum courtyard

Voting: your last meal
18.00 – 02.00
Cornflakes or Kaviar: What would you order as your last meal?
Museum courtyard

Atelier: Basel's longest bucket list
18.00 – 02.00
What would you like to experience in your lifetime? Write it down or make a drawing.
Annexe, ground floor

Atelier: Glow-in-the-Dark-Origami
18.00 – 00.00
Birds accompany the souls on their path to the beyond. Fold a glowing bird that guides you through the night.
Museum, 1st floor

Atelier: drawing with the artist Eddie Hara
19.00 | 20.00 | 21.00 | 22.00
Create your personal fantastical beast with Eddie Hara
Annexe, ground floor

Short guided tours: Heaven, Hell and Nirvana
Duration: 20 Min. 
Stories about the here-and-now, the beyond, and everywhere between.
With our curators and experts

18.30, guided tour for families, in German
The path to the beyond
Museum, 1st floor

18.30, 19.30, in German
Basler Fasnacht
Annexe, 1st floor

20.30, in German
Alive
Museum, 2nd floor

21.30, in German
The path to the beyond
Museum, 4th floor

22.30, Guided tour in English
The path to the beyond
Museum, 4th floor

23.30, Visita guiada en Español
Creadores y Creadoras
Museo, 1er piso

00.30, in German
Memory
Museum, 3rd floor
 

Ticket prices and information regarding all participant institutions: museumsnacht.ch