Information

Opening hours

The world-renowned artist and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is returning to Schaulager with Bass (2024), his most abstract work to date and 12 years after the groundbreaking exhibition.

Thursday 12 – 6 pm
Saturday and Sunday 11 am – 5 pm
Closed on Monday to Wednesday and Friday

Opening hours during Kunsttage Basel
Friday, 29 August – Sunday, 31 August, 11 am – 5 pm

Please note the special options for visiting the library and collection:

Collection (by appointment only)
Upon request and in consultation with Schaulager, works from the collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation are made accessible to a specialist public as well as to school classes, teachers and students.

Library (by appointment only)
Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., 2 – 5 p.m.
Registration: bibliothek@schaulager.org
The library’s holdings are fully searchable in the “swissbib Basel Bern” online database: http://www.swissbib.ch

Schaulager is accessible for wheelchair users and others with limited mobility. Wheelchairs are provided for visitor use. To reserve a wheelchair: info@schaulager.org, T +41 61 335 32 32

Directions

No parking available
We recommend arriving by public transportation.
Due to construction work for the extension building, the Schaulager parking is currently not available.
Please use the Ruchfeld parking garage instead.

From Basel SBB station
Take tram no. 11, bound for Aesch Dorf, from the Basel SBB station to the “Schaulager” stop (approx. 10 min).


Timetable Swiss Railways SBB

From Germany/France: Motorway A3 direction “Zürich/Bern”
From Switzerland: Motorway A3 direction “Basel/Deutschland”

Junction Hagnau direction “Delemont” | Exit “Muttenz-Süd/Dreispitz” direction “Bottmingen” | Take the first exit at the roundabout to “Basel” | Exit “Dreispitz 1–4” | Left into “Barcelona-Strasse (Dreispitz 4)” | Continue to “Parkhaus Ruchfeld”


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Footpath to Schaulager