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Basel Historical Museum

historical museum in Basel (Switzerland)
Organization History Museum Q386286

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
history museum, technology museum, memory institution[3][4]
Official website
www.hmb.ch[15]
Short name
HMB[21]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Official name
Historisches Museum Basel[19]

Status and dates

Inception
April 21, 1894[13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1894-04-21 BnF data 1895 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗

Location

Country
Switzerland[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.554°, 7.591°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Basel[1]
Postal code
4051[5]
Street address
Barfüsserplatz, Steinenberg 4, 4051 Basel[23][24]

People

Director / manager
Marc Zehntner[16]

Relations

Child organization or unit
Faesch Museum[6]
Has part(s)
Basel Historical Museum – Barfüsserkirche, Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum, Museum of Horsepower (Basel Historical Museum), Basel Historical Museum – Haus zum Kirschgarten, Münzkabinett Historisches Museum Basel, Faesch Museum[7][8][9][10][11][12]
More facts +7
Content partnership category
Category:Media contributed by Historisches Museum Basel[25]
Date of official opening
April 21, 1894[20]
Described by source
Open GLAM Survey[17]
Heritage designation
class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[18]
Located on street
Barfüsserplatz[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC EMCO Wikidata CoP[22]
Social media followers
+3626, +3487[26][27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Basel Historical Museum en Historisches Museum Basel de HMB es Museo de Historia de Basilea fr musée historique de Bâle it Museo storico di Basilea ja バーゼル歴史博物館 nl Historisch Museum Bazel zh 巴塞尔历史博物馆
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ROR ID
006fqes20
ISNI
0000000091924508
VIAF cluster ID
149510974
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83059751
GND ID
13714-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Basel Barfüsserkirche Inneres 11-05-2008.jpg ↗
BaGLAMa GID
208
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
118828439
Clio-online organization ID
10168
Freebase ID
/m/07pdwp
GLAM ID
CH-000125
ISIL
CH-000709-1
Show all 30 identifiers +18
IdRef ID
030872154
Instagram username
histmuseumbs
J9U entity ID
987007262732505171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
13714-5
Kallías ID
KS00138941
NL CR AUT ID
xx0271316
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/D145A171-C854-4772-AF14-68CC10455D6C
Nomisma ID
hmb
OpenStreetMap node ID
12270674318
OpenStreetMap way ID
137472263
PCP reference number
8522
Ringgold ID
30289
Sotheby's Museum Network ID
historisches-museum-basel
Terms of service URL
opendata.swiss
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae ID
26KAT7KXABA3RBUMT53CYQHUWU
Topic's main category
Category:Historisches Museum Basel
X (Twitter) username
HistMuseumBs
Yale LUX ID
group/34f1fc86-c8ec-48f4-a4ee-6919696334b3
📚 Sources · 2

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OpenAlex IDP10283
I4405262924 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
technology museum, history museum, memory institution
← Has works in the collection 3
Gerardus Mercator, Emanuel Büchel, Emil Beurmann
Country 1
Switzerland
Has part(s) 1
Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum
Has these parts 1
Basel Historical Museum – Musikmuseum
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Basel
Located on street 1
Barfüsserplatz
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Swiss GLAM Inventory, 16 September 2016. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Swiss GLAM Inventory, 16 September 2016. wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . Swiss GLAM Inventory, 16 September 2016. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . telebasel.ch. Retrieved . telebasel.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 31 October 2019. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Swiss GLAM Inventory, 16 September 2016. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . ror.org. Retrieved . ror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . hmb.ch. Retrieved . hmb.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    University of Barcelona authority ID → —
    VIAF cluster ID → 149510974
    ISNI → 0000000091924508
    CANTIC ID → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: J9U entity ID: 987007262732505171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  2. 19w ago · Mcampany-emco · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Switzerland
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Basel
    Official website → https://www.hmb.ch
    VIAF cluster ID → 149510974
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Removed claim: VIAF cluster ID: 145360611, Moving to Musée de la musique"
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