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The Kunstmuseum Basel goes back to the Amerbach Cabinet, a private collection the city bought in 1661. Its neoclassical main building by Paul Bonatz and Rudolf Christ opened in 1936 and is linked underground to an extension by Christ & Gantenbein from 2016. The galleries show works by the Holbein family, Arnold Böcklin and artists of the 19th to 21st centuries.
Museum Tinguely is devoted to the Swiss artist Jean Tinguely (1925–1991), known for kinetic sculptures built from scrap metal and motors. Mario Botta designed the sandstone building in the Solitude park beside the Rhine, which opened in 1996. The collection runs from early reliefs to large machine sculptures, alongside temporary exhibitions of other artists.
The Fondation Beyeler is an art museum in Riehen, about 6 km from the centre of Basel, founded for the collection of the art dealers Hildy and Ernst Beyeler. Renzo Piano's long building with a glass roof opened in 1997 in the Berower park, and new buildings by Peter Zumthor were added in 2026. It shows classical modern and contemporary art.
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