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Natural History Museum Basel (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) is a
Natural History Museum of Basel website
Basel museums website
Museums in Basel Natural history museums in Switzerland Cultural property of national significance in Basel-Stadt {{Portal bar, Switzerland}
Natural History Museum Basel (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) is a natural history museum
A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...
in Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, Switzerland that houses wide-ranging collections focused on the fields of zoology
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...
, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...
, osteology and paleontology
Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...
. It has over 7.7 million objects.
It was established as a natural history collection in 1821.
The museum is a heritage site of national significance. Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 79.
Here, the mummy of Anna Catharina Bischoff is kept and examined. It was found in 1975 during excavations in the Barfüsserkirche Basel. The skeleton of Theo the Pipe Smoker was found 1984 near the Theodorskirche in Kleinbasel.
See also
*Museums in Basel
The Basel museums encompass a series of museums in the city of Basel, Switzerland, and the neighboring region. They represent a broad spectrum of collections with a marked concentration in the fine arts and house numerous holdings of internationa ...
References
External links
Natural History Museum of Basel website
Basel museums website
Museums in Basel Natural history museums in Switzerland Cultural property of national significance in Basel-Stadt {{Portal bar, Switzerland}